Complete Life of William McKinley and Story of His Assassination / An Authentic and Official Memorial Edition, Containing Every Incident in the Career of the Immortal Statesman, Soldier, Orator and Patriot
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Memorial Edition
MARSHALL EVERETT
The Great Descriptive Writer and Friend of the Martyr President
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF
THE ASSASSINATION SCENE
Portraits of President McKinley, His Cabinet, Famous Men of His Administration and Vivid Life-Like Pictures of Eventful Scenes in His Great and Grand Career
Copyright 1901 by Marshall Everett
OUR MARTYR PRESIDENTS.
No figure of modern American history appeals so strongly to the patriotism and love of the American people as William McKinley, and no volume can have greater interest and value at the present day, or be more dearly prized, than a history of his life in which every event of his great career as a noble youth, a gallant soldier, an able lawyer, a brilliant orator, a grand statesman, a brave patriot and an heroic martyr is set forth accurately, and in a spirit of love and reverence.
The author of this memorial edition has produced exactly the volume described.
Marshall Everett
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PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
NOTABLE ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTS OF RECENT TIMES.
THE FATAL SHOTS.
ASKS IF HE IS SHOT.
DR. McBURNEY’S STATEMENT.
WOMAN’S EQUALITY IN RUSSIA.
BENEFIT IN EXPOSITIONS.
INVITES FRIENDLY RIVALRY.
ANNIHILATION OF SPACE.
COMPARISON IS DRAWN.
DARK DAYS AT PEKING.
PROSPERITY OF THE NATION.
FOR ENLIGHTENED POLICY.
NEED OF EXPANSION.
GIVES BLAINE CREDIT.
DESTRUCTION OF THE MAINE.
VAIN EFFORTS TO AVERT WAR.
DECISIVE ACTION BY CONGRESS.
FORMAL DECLARATION OF WAR.
RECRUITING OF ARMY AND NAVY.
PATRIOTISM IN BOND BIDS.
DEWEY’S HISTORIC VICTORY.
CAMPAIGN IN CUBA REVIEWED.
DESTRUCTION OF THE ARMADA.
OCCUPATION OF PORTO RICO.
WAR’S LAST SCENE AT MANILA.
LOSSES OF ARMY AND NAVY.
SIGNING OF THE PROTOCOL.
CESSATION OF STRIFE.
WORK OF EVACUATION.
ASSASSINATION OF GARFIELD.
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