Name/Title
Our Martyred President : Memorial Life of William McKinley...together with a full history of anarchy and its infamous deeds...Entry/Object ID
1995.1.303Description
A biography of William McKinley titled "Our Martyred President...Memorial Life of William McKinley...together with a full history of anarchy and its infamous deeds..." The cover title reads "Memorial Life of William McKinley: Our Martyred President."
The book is blue and features gold lettering.
The complete title page reads as follows:
"OUR MARTYRED PRESIDENT
As a Man, the Noblest and Purest of his Times.
As a Citizen, the Grandestof his Nation.
As a Statesman, the Idol of Millions of People.
MEMORIAL LIFE
OF
WILLIAM McKINLEY
CONTAINING A
FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS EARLY LIFE; HIS AMBITION TO OBTAIN
AN EDUCATION; HIS BRILLIANT CAREER AS A SOLDIER IN
THE CIVIL WAR; HIS PATRIOTIC RECORD AS A MEMBER
OF CONGRESS AND GOVERNOR OF HIS STATE; HIS
ABLE ADMINISTRATION AS PRESIDENT, ETC.
INCLUDING A
THRILLING ACCOUNT OF HIS ASSASSINATION; HIS HEROIC
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE; HOPE OF RECOVERY SUDDENLY
BLASTED; PROFOUND SYMPATHY AND ANXIOUS SUS-
PENSE OF THE WHOLE CIVILIZED WORLD, ETC.
TOGETHER WITH A FULL
HISTORY OF ANARCHY AND ITS INFAMOUS DEEDS
By COL. G. W. TOWNSEND
THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
By HON. JAMES RANKIN YOUNG
Member of Congress and formerly Clerk of the United States Senate
INCLUDING THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
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Profusely Embellished with Superb Engravings
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MEMORIAL PUBLISHING COMPANY"
xii ; 512 p. ; ill. ; 9 x 6.75 in.Collection
McKinleyAcquisition
Accession
1995.1Source or Donor
General Museum CollectionAcquisition Method
Gift