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Title: The Assassination of President William McKinley

Subtitle: The History and Legacy of the President's Death

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Jim D Johnston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-04-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In September 1901, the city of Buffalo was full of celebration. The Pan-American Exposition was ongoing, and it brought notable figures to northern New York, including President William McKinley, who had been reelected less than a year earlier. But also in Buffalo was Leon Czolgosz, a young man who had turned to anarchy years earlier after losing his job. Embracing his philosophy wholeheartedly, Czolgosz believed it was his mission to take down a powerful leader he considered oppressive, and McKinley's attendance gave him the chance. President James Garfield had been assassinated just 20 years earlier, but McKinley didn't worry about presidential security or his own safety, and that was the case in Buffalo. McKinley's insistence on greeting the public and shaking hands allowed Czolgosz to walk up to him on September 6, 1901, at a public reception in the Temple of Music on the expo grounds and shoot him point blank, with one bullet grazing the president and another lodging in his abdomen. In the aftermath of the shooting, as Czolgosz was beaten and seized by the crowd, he uttered, "I done my duty." For his part, McKinley said, "He didn't know, poor fellow, what he was doing. He couldn't have known." Despite being president, McKinley's medical services were shoddy, and given the still primitive medical standards of the early 20th century, gunshots to the abdomen often brought death.

Members Reviews:

A very worthwhile read

I knew Pres. William McKinley was the third president to be assassinated but I really didnât know much about the assassination or the assassin. Pres. McKinley was assassinated about one year into his second term. The interesting to note that the security for the president was definitely lax by modern terms and the president would have most likely survived with modern medical care. The presidentâs personal secretary (George Cortelyou) appeared to be the go to person who was in charge of his nonmedical care and communication, and almost seems to be in charge of the government between Pres. McKinleyâs wounding and death. The assassin was Leon Czolgosz who stated he was anarchist; but, many members of the anarchist community considered him to be a spy. The assassin indicated that a speech by Emma Goldman who believed in anarchy and socialism was a leading factor in his decision to assassinate the president. I think the most interesting part of the book was a short discussion that Theodore Roosevelt was given the vice presidents slot to remove him from the New York State governorship, and he most likely would never have been given the opportunity to become vice president if the powerbrokers believed he might become president. I highly recommend this book for a quick and concise reading about the assassination of Pres. William McKinley.

Good read

Quick read and good synoptic account.