President McKinley's Killer and the America He Left Behind: The Assassin, the Crime, Teddy Roosevelt's Rise, and the Dawn of the American Century

by Jessica S. Gunderson

Book Overview

It should have been a grand day at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. President William McKinley shook hands with well-wishers who had lined up to meet their popular leader. But one man stepped forward with a pistol hidden under a handkerchief wrapped around his right hand. Two shots rang out, both striking McKinley in the abdomen. As the nation puzzled over the shooter and the ease of his crime, the president suffered for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756557186
• ISBN13: 9780756557188
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Compass Point Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 10