Young James A. Garfield's attempts to escape the poverty and alienation of his background form the framework of this account of his early life. The society of Ohio's Western Reserve at the start of industrialization is vividly recreated. A Western Reserve Historical Society Publication. Illustrated.
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Young James A. Garfield's attempts to escape the poverty and alienation of his background form the framework of this account of his early life. The society of Ohio's Western Reserve at the start of industrialization is vividly recreated. A Western Reserve Historical Society Publication. Illustrated.
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Add this copy of The Road to Respectability: James a. Garfield and His to cart. $82.50, very good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Associated University Press.
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Very good, good. 301, illus., appendix, notes, bibliography, index, some wear and small tears to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author. Contains an appendix on 1880 campaign biographies as sources for the early life of James A. Garfield. This biography focuses on eight years of Garfield's adolescence, from the ages of 13 to 21. In presenting Garfield's early years, the author re-creates the society of Ohio's Western Reserve as it passes turbulently from a frontier into a multi-ethnic, urbanized manufacturing area.