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McKinley, murder and the Pan-American Exposition : a history of the presidential assassination, September 6, 1901

Title
McKinley, murder and the Pan-American Exposition : a history of the presidential assassination, September 6, 1901 / Roger Pickenpaugh.
Author
Pickenpaugh, Roger
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

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x, 288 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley held a public reception at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. In the receiving line, was Leon Czolgosz, a young man with anarchist leanings. When he reached McKinley, Czolgosz fired two shots, one of which would prove fatal"--
Subject
  • McKinley, William, 1843-1901 > Assassination
  • Czolgosz, Leon F., 1873-1901
  • McKinley, William, 1843-1901
  • Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
  • Pan-American Exposition
  • Assassination
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.
Contents
McKinley: a career of opportunities -- Czolgosz: "a dreamer, always a dreamer" -- Buffalo: growth of an industrial city -- McKinley: from the front porch to the White House -- McKinley: domestic priorities and foreign challenges -- McKinley: commander-in-chief and beyond -- The war of the standards -- Buffalo: Niagara and the triumph of AC -- Exposition: plans and problems -- Exposition: problems with the plans -- McKinley: journey to San Francisco -- Exposition: deadlines and delays -- Czolgosz: the path to anarchy -- Exposition: midway carnival and controversy -- Exposition: racism vs. respect -- McKinley: respite in canton -- Exposition: the good -- Exposition: the bad and the costly -- Czolgosz: two trips to Buffalo -- McKinley: sojourn to Buffalo -- Convergence: assassination -- McKinley: week of hope and agony -- Czolgosz: trial and execution -- Exposition: the final weeks.
ISBN
  • 9781476666303 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 147666630X (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2016026694
  • 99970297029
OCLC
  • ocn948547974
  • 948547974
  • SCSB-5877454
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