From Canal Boy to President: Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield
Horatio Alger
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Feb. 18, 2018)
Excerpt from From Canal Boy to President: Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. GarfieldIE I am asked why I add one to the numerous Lives of our dead President, I answer, in the words of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, because our annals afiord no such incentive to youth as does his life, and it will become one of the Republic's household stories.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.