Volume 7 • Issue 5 • September 2020

 

Coming This Month: The Last Lincoln Republican

The newest title in the American Presidential Elections Series from the University Press of Kansas is the story of the James A. Garfield versus Winfield Scott Hancock contest of 1880.

“The story of the presidential election of 1880, fully explored for the first time in The Last Lincoln Republican, is a political drama of lasting consequence and dashed possibilities,” according to the publisher. ”With its in-depth account of the personalities and issues at play in 1880, [this] book provides a unique perspective on how this critical election continues to resonate through our national politics and culture to this day.”

Noted author Candice Millard, who penned Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, calls The Last Lincoln Republican “a clear-eyed, fast-paced, important new book about one of the most fraught and fascinating presidential elections in our nation’s history.”

It sounds like a story you will want to read! Look for it around September 7, and ask us about the connection of James A. Garfield NHS to its author!

 

The Army, the Railroads, the Generals, and the Indians: Conflict in America after the Civil War

This talk will explore the roles of Generals Grant and Sherman, Hancock and Sheridan in the clash between the United States and the Native Americans in the years after the Civil War.

This live program will be delivered online by Park Ranger Alan Gephardt on September 9, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. as part of the Leaders and Legacies series with Mentor Public Library. Though the program is online, registration is still required. The registration link can be accessed here: https://mentorpl.libcal.com/event/5734444. Interested in watching more from our Leaders and Legacies series? Head over to the Mentor Public Library's YouTube channel for a playlist of all the speakers, or to the playlist on our channel @GarfieldNPS.