The unexpected president : the life and times of Chester A. Arthur
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New York, NY : Da Capo Press, c2017.
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Published
New York, NY : Da Capo Press, c2017.
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Book
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x, 304 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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1709
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English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"An exquisitely written, comprehensive biography of Chester A. Arthur, our virtually forgotten 21st president, who unexpectedly occupied the nation's highest office and surprised everyone with his moral character and reformist policies"--Provided by publisher.
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"When President James Garfield was shot, no one in the United States was more dismayed than his Vice President, Chester Arthur. For years Arthur had been perceived as unfit to govern, not only by critics and his fellow citizens but by his own conscience. From his promising start, Arthur had become a political hack, a shill for Roscoe Conkling, and Arthur knew better even than his detractors that he failed to meet the high standard a president must uphold. And yet, from the moment President Arthur took office, he proved to be not just honest but courageous, going up against the very forces that had controlled him for decades. Arthur surprised everyone--and gained many enemies--when he swept house and courageously took on corruption, civil rights for blacks, and issues of land for Native Americans. His short presidency proved to be a turning point of American history, in many ways a preview of our own times, and is a sterling example of how someone can 'rise to the occasion.' This beautifully written biography tells the dramatic, untold story of a virtually forgotten American president, a machine politician and man-about-town in Gilded Age New York who stumbled into the highest office in the land only to rediscover his better self, right when his nation needed him"--Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Greenberger, S. S. (2017). The unexpected president: the life and times of Chester A. Arthur (First edition.). Da Capo Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Greenberger, Scott S.. 2017. The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur. New York, NY: Da Capo Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Greenberger, Scott S.. The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2017.

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Greenberger, S. S. (2017). The unexpected president: the life and times of chester A. arthur. First edn. New York, NY: Da Capo Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Greenberger, Scott S.. The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur First edition., Da Capo Press, 2017.

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