The Life of William McKinley & The Story of His Assassination (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Gilded Age President, the Buffalo Assassination, and National MourningBy Marshall Everett
Length17h 54m
About this audiobook
The Life of William McKinley & The Story of His Assassination (Illustrated Edition) is a turn-of-the-century memorial biography that combines presidential life-writing with the immediacy of journalistic true crime. It traces McKinley's rise from Civil War soldier and Ohio congressman to tariff architect, governor, and president during the Spanish-American War, before turning to the Buffalo assassination and national mourning. Its style is earnest, patriotic, and richly anecdotal, characteristic of popular illustrated histories produced for a shocked public in 1901. Marshall Everett was the name associated with several rapidly published historical and biographical works that sought to interpret major public events for a broad American readership. Writing in the aftermath of McKinley's murder, Everett drew upon newspaper accounts, public speeches, civic memory, and the conventions of moral biography. The book reflects an era when presidential character was presented as a lesson in citizenship, providence, and national unity. This volume is recommended for readers interested in American political culture, presidential commemoration, and the public response to assassination before the age of electronic media. While it should be read critically as a patriotic and contemporary account rather than a detached modern study, its illustrations, tone, and narrative urgency make it a valuable window into how Americans understood McKinley's life, death, and symbolic place in the republic.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length17 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Life of William McKinley & The Story of His Assassination (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
2The Life of William McKinley & The Story of His Assassination (Illustrated Edition)
3Preface
4Notable Assassinations and Attempts of Recent Times
5Chronology of President William McKinley
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6Chapter I. The Assassination of President McKinley
7Chapter II. McKinley’s Fight for Life
8Chapter III. Death-Bed of President McKinley
9Chapter IV. The Story of the Assassin
10Chapter V. Emma Goldman, The Anarchist Leader
11Chapter VI. Anarchism and Its Objects
12Chapter VII. Scenes at Buffalo Following the Assassination
13Chapter VIII. Days of Anxiety and Sorrow
14Chapter IX. President McKinley’s Last Speech
15Chapter X. William Mckinley’s Boyhood
16Chapter XI. McKinley as a Soldier in the Civil War
17Chapter XII. McKinley in Congress
18Chapter XIII. McKinley’s Life was Protection’s Era
19Chapter XIV. McKinley as Governor of Ohio
20Chapter XV. McKinley as a Campaigner
21Chapter XVI. Governor McKinley’s Financial Troubles
22Chapter XVII. McKinley’s Loyalty to Sherman, Blaine and Harrison
23Chapter XVIII. First Nomination for President
24Chapter XIX. The Great Campaign of 1896
25Chapter XX. The Spanish War Cloud
26Chapter XXI. McKinley’s Own Story of the Spanish War
27Chapter XXII. McKinley and Expansion
28Chapter XXIII. Second Presidential Nomination and Election of McKinley
29Chapter XXIV. President McKinley and the Chinese Crisis
30Chapter XXV. McKinley: Builder of a World Power
31Chapter XXVI. Private Life of William McKinley
32Chapter XXVII. McKinley’s Eulogy of Lincoln
33Chapter XXVIII. President Roosevelt Takes the Oath of Office
34Chapter XXIX. Great Events of the World During President McKinley’s Administrations
35Chapter XXX. The Funeral Service at Buffalo
36Chapter XXXI. Lying in State in Buffalo
37Chapter XXXII. The Funeral Train to Washington
38Chapter XXXIII. The Last Night in the White House
39Chapter XXXIV. Funeral Services and Procession at Washington
40Chapter XXXV. Lying in State at the Capitol
41Chapter XXXVI. The Assassin Arraigned
42Chapter XXXVII. The Sad Journey to Canton
43Chapter XXXVIII. Canton Bathed in Tears
44Chapter XXXIX. Funeral Services in all Churches
45Chapter XL. Canton’s Farewell to McKinley
46Chapter XLI. McKinley Laid at Rest
47Chapter XLII. Nation Observes Burial Day
48Chapter XLIII. Assassinations of Lincoln and Garfield
49Memorable Quotes
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