Gen. Garfield From the Log Cabin to the White House. J. B. McClure, Rhodes & McClure, Publishers, Chicago, 1881.
 
20th president of the United States
Vintage from the 1880s
 
James Abram Garfield (1831–1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March to September 1881. Garfield was shot by an assassin four months into his presidency and died two months later. He is the only sitting member of the United States House of Representatives to be elected to the presidency. Garfield was born into poverty in a log cabin and grew up poor in Northeast Ohio. After graduating from Williams College, Garfield studied law and became an attorney before entering politics as a Republican in 1857. He served as a member of the Ohio State Senate from 1859 to 1861. He served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War,

Hardcover. Red cover with nice gilt title & black border embellishments. Secure binding with a shifted spine, and soil to cover & bottom page outer edge. Few scattered pencil notations and a small tear at last rear endpaper. About 8-1/2 x 5-3/4 with 254 pages.