Murat

1901 · 957T62 — Not Stated: Murat Halstead 1901. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 7.5". None. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of the twenty-fifth president of the United States of America. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and forty-eight plates. Collated complete. A biography of William McKinley the twenty-fifth president of the United States who led a realignment that made Republicans largely dominant in the industrial states and nationwide for decades. McKinley successfully led the U.S. in the Spanish–American War and oversaw a period of American expansionism. This work provides the true story of his assassination in 1901 and the presidential funeral ceremonies. Together with his ancestry boyhood student days his career as a soldier lawyer statesman governor and president as well as his home life. Written by Murat Halstead an American newspaper editor and magazine writer who was an early war correspondent reporting during three wars and a zealous ally of the Republican Party. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth with small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities. Very Good Murat Halstead hardcover