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Chester Alan Arthur Hardback - 2004

by Zachary Karabell; Arthur M. Schlesinger (Editor)

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When an assassin's bullet killed President Garfield, vice president Chester Arthur was catapulted into the White House. He may be largely forgotten today, but Karabell eloquently shows how this unexpected president rose to the occasion.

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The Gilded Age bon vivant who became America's unlikeliest chief executive-and who presided over a sweeping reform of the system that nurtured him

Chester Alan Arthur never dreamed that one day he would be president of the United States. A successful lawyer, Arthur had been forced out as the head of the Custom House of the Port of New York in 1877 in a power struggle between the two wings of the Republican Party. He became such a celebrity that he was nominated for vice president in 1880-despite his never having run for office before.

Elected alongside James A. Garfield, Arthur found his life transformed just four months into his term, when an assassin shot and killed Garfield, catapulting Arthur into the presidency. The assassin was a deranged man who thought he deserved a federal job through the increasingly corrupt "spoils system." To the surprise of many, Arthur, a longtime beneficiary of that system, saw that the time had come for reform. His opportunity came in the winter of 1882-83, when he pushed through the Pendleton Act, which created a professional civil service and set America on a course toward greater reforms in the decades to come.

Chester Arthur may be largely forgotten today, but Zachary Karabell eloquently shows how this unexpected president-of whom so little was expected-rose to the occasion when fate placed him in the White House.

"By exploring the Gilded Age's parallels with our own divisive political scene, Karabell does an excellent job of cementing the volume's relevance for contemporary readers. " - Publishers Weekly

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  • Title Chester Alan Arthur
  • Author Zachary Karabell; Arthur M. Schlesinger (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 170
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Times Books, New York
  • Publication date 2004-06-21
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780805069518 / 0805069518
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.8 x 1 in (21.84 x 14.73 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Presidents - United States, Arthur, Chester Alan
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004041182
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Booklist, 05/15/2004, Page 1594
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2004, Page 376
  • Library Journal, 06/14/2004, Page 0

About the author

Zachary Karabell is the author of several works of American and world history, including The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election and Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal. He has taught at Harvard and Dartmouth, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Newsweek. He lives in New York City.

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