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02894nam a22002657a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780679604983 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
0679604987 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
973.88 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Miller, Scott. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The President and the assassin [electronic resource] : McKinley, terror, and empire at the dawn of the American century / |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Name of publisher |
Random House, |
| Year of publication |
c2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
1 online resource (viii, 422 pages) : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; 25 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-403) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Temple of music -- "Oh God, keep him humble" -- A quiet man in the corner -- "There will be no jingo nonsense" -- "The government is best which governs least" -- The Hawaiian anvil -- An unlikely anarchist -- An open cask of gunpowder -- Propaganda of the deed -- "The Maine blown up!" -- "Fire and kill all you can!" -- Dewey at Manila -- A respectable tramp -- The "least dangerous experiment" -- "The child has gone crazy" -- San Juan Hill -- Lunchroom -- A country "full of swagger" -- Bloody homestead -- Spoils of war -- Hunting rabbits -- "It is always the unexpected that happens, at least in my case" -- Red Emma -- Open doors -- "Avanti!" -- The American century -- Words that burn -- "Surrender or be killed" -- "Have you any secret societies?" -- Going to the fair -- "I done my duty" -- The operating theater -- A park ranger comes running -- The chair. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassin's bullet shattered the nation's confidence. This book is the story of the momentous years leading up to that event, and of the very different paths that brought together two figures of the era: President William McKinley and anarchist Leon Czolgosz. The two men seemed to live in eerily parallel Americas. The United States was undergoing an uneasy transition from a simple agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse, spreading its influence overseas by force of arms. Czolgosz was on the losing end of the economic changes taking place--a first-generation Polish immigrant and factory worker, sickened by a government that seemed focused solely on making the rich richer. Journalist Scott Miller chronicles how these two men, each pursuing what he considered the right and honorable path, collided in violence at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.--From publisher description. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
McKinley, William, 1843-1901. |
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McKinley, William, 1843-1901 -- Assassination. |
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Czolgosz, Leon F., 1873?-1901. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1897-1901. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918. |
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Anarchism -- United States -- History. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Electronic Books |
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