The Story of Garfield: Farm Boy, Soldier and President

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Story of Garfield by William Gunion Rutherford. Read in English by William Tomcho A short biography of the 20th U.S. President. Garfield was raised in humble circumstances on an Ohio farm by his widowed mother and elder brother. Before he was elected president in the Republican party he was first elected to Congress in 1862 as Representative of the 19th District of Ohio. Then to the Senate in 1880. His presidency lasted just 200 days—from March 4, 1881, until his death on September 19, 1881, as a result of being shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881. (Summary by Wikipedia and wtomcho) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (66mb)

Directors & creators

William Gunion Rutherford

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;United States; soldier; presidential biography; president; james garfield; farm-boy

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