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The Life and Work of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States: Embracing an Account of the Scenes and Incidents of His Boyhood; the Struggles of His Youth; the Might of His Early Manhood; His Valor As a Soldier; His Career As a Statesman; His Election to the Presidency; and the Tragic Story of His Death.Ridpath, John Clark

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The Life and Work of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States: Embracing an Account of the Scenes and Incidents of His Boyhood; the Struggles of His Youth; the Might of His Early Manhood; His Valor As a Soldier; His Career As a Statesman; His Election to the Presidency; and the Tragic Story of His Death.

Name: The Life and Work of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States: Embracing an Account of the Scenes and Incidents of His Boyhood; the Struggles of His Youth; the Might of His Early Manhood; His Valor As a Soldier; His Career As a Statesman; His Election to the Presidency; and the Tragic Story of His Death.
Author: Ridpath, John Clark

Ridpath, John Clark

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

CONTENTS.


                               CHAPTER I.

                           BIRTH AND ANCESTRY.

                                                                   PAGES

 “Unto us a child is born.”—A lowly home in the wilderness.—Law
   of heredity.—The New England stock.—The Garfields.—The
   Ballous.—Trend of the boy mind.—The father’s death.—Story of
   the cause.—The widow’s struggle.—Life in the Garfield
   cabin.—Earliest labor.—First lessons.—The Garfield
   family.—Boyhood traits.—The growing stalk.                      11–27


                               CHAPTER II.

                        THE STRUGGLE OF BOYHOOD.

 A Western boy of twelve.—Workland and dreamland.—A carpenter in
   embryo.—Summer day and winter day.—The door of bookland
   opens.—What he saw.—A doubtful farmer.—Possibly something
   else.—A giant of sixteen.—The stage of brigandage.—Pirate or
   President?—Meanwhile a wood-chopper.—The sea-vision
   again.—The great deep takes the form of a canal.—Venus:
   otherwise, the _Evening Star_.—The glory of the
   tow-path.—Navigation and pugilism.—Diving for pearls.—Leaves
   the sea.—The goblin that shakes us all.—Politics, religion,
   and grammar.—Off to school.—A place called Chester.—Builds a
   barn.—And then teaches a school.—More school.—Joins
   church.—Credo.—Possible sweetheart.—Learns elocution.—Hiram
   rises to view.—An academic course of study.—What about
   college?—Bethany, maybe.—Decides against it.—Why.—Knocks at
   the door of Williams.                                           28–58


                              CHAPTER III.

                          THE MORNING OF POWER.

 College life.—A Junior at Williams.—Favorite books.—College
   traditions.—A brain of many powers.—“Mountain Day.”—Essays in
   literature.—The Williams _Quarterly_.—Poems: _Memory_,
   _Autumn_, _Charge of the Tight Brigade_.—A writing-master at
   intervals.—Free Kansas.—A metaphysician.—Steps out with
   honor.—Mark Hopkins.—Becomes a professor at Hiram.—And then a
   college president.—His methods and manners.—Success as an
   educator.—Lectures and preaches.—A union for life.—The chosen
   mate.—Incipient politics.—First nomination for office.—State
   senator from Portage and Summit.—Hints at leadership.—Rises
   in influence.—The approaching conflict.—Ohio makes ready for
   battle.—Independence Day at Ravenna.—Sound of the
   tocsin.—Vanguard, to right and left the front unfold!           59–87


                               CHAPTER IV.

                         A SOLDIER OF THE UNION.

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