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(The American Presidents.) By Ira Rutkow. 181 pp. New York, Times Books, 2006. $20. ISBN 0-8050-6950-X.

From his vantage point as both surgeon and historian, Ira Rutkow brilliantly navigates that narrow space that contains both the political history and the medical facts concerning the untimely death of President James A. Garfield. This book is the 33rd in the American Presidents Series, edited by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. I was thrilled to find it to be more than just a detailed case report of the man's death. It is also the story of a boy, born in a log cabin, who became fatherless at the age of 2, who loved to learn, and who made himself into . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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