Complete Life of William McKinley and Story of His Assassination

by Marshall Everett

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Genres: Biography, History

440 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1901

About the author

1863-1939

Reviews

[Henry Sturcke · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this on my great-grandmother's shelf during one of our Easter vacations back in the innocent days before Dallas. It had been hurriedly published after McKinley's assassination, probably sold by drummers (door-to-door salesmen). Must not have been an easy sell down South, since one of the chapters details McKinley's "patriotic service" as a captain for the Union army in the Civil War. But my great-grandparents bought it anyway. I guess the fascination with the horror of a presidential assassination outweighed their political feelings. I was fascinated, too, when I read it, even the medical bulletins incorporated into the text. Didn't understand all the words, but the gruesomeness came across.
The author modestly identifies himself on the title page as friend of the martyred President. Have to look for his book on the Titanic (apparently he made a career of rush-to-press coverage of disasters of all sorts) to see if he was a friend of all the passengers, too.

[Adam · Rating 3 out of 5]

It works best when viewed as a historical document, and was clearly written with that in mind. It was interesting how what Everett and his contemporaries thought were world historic events - terrorism, assassination, war, anarchism - are today almost entirely forgotten.

[Pearl Yusuf · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit of a stroke-fest for McKinley