The Assassin, the Crime, the Hapless Doctors, and a President's Slow, Grim Death
April 15, 2018
Grades 5-8 With lively, narrative-driven text and plenty of primary source material neatly woven through, these entries in the Assassins' America series profile presidents and their assassins, offer illuminating context, and consider how those assassinations affected the trajectory of U.S. history. President Garfield's Killer explains Garfield's dissatisfaction with cronyism in federal government, the way his plans to break up the spoils system contributed to his killer's anger, and the unsanitary medical treatment that ultimately led to his death. Engagingly written with an emphasis on high drama and characterization, these will definitely appeal to readers who favor fiction, though they'll come away with plenty of facts at the same time.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)