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Title: The Story of Garfield
Farm-boy, Soldier, and President
Author: William G. Rutherford
Release Date: May 27, 2007 [EBook #21621]
Language: English
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[Frontispiece: Portrait of James Garfield (missing from book)]
THE STORY OF GARFIELD
_FARM-BOY, SOLDIER, AND PRESIDENT_
By WILLIAM G. RUTHERFORD
_TWENTY-NINTH THOUSAND_
LONDON:
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
57 AND 59 LUDGATE HILL, E.C.
1895
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
I. THE FAR WEST
II. THE PIONEERS
III. A FIRE IN THE FOREST
IV. THE FOUR SAPLINGS
V. A RESTLESS SCHOLAR
VI. MAN-MAKING
VII. THE TWO BROTHERS
VIII. HOUSE-BUILDING
IX. FAITHFUL WORK
X. THE ROPE THAT SAVED HIM
XI. STRIKING OUT A NEW LINE
XII. TEACHING AND LEARNING
XIII. FINDING FRIENDS
XIV. THE FIRST BLOW
XV. DARK DAYS FOR THE UNION
XVI. FOR FLAG AND COUNTRY
XVII. WINNING HIS SPURS
XVIII. FILLING THE GAP
XIX. THE HOUR AND THE MAN
XX. LOOKING BACK
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PORTRAIT OF JAMES GARFIELD (missing) . . . . . . _Frontispiece_
THE TREES FELL BEFORE HIS AXE
TOM BORROWED A HORSE
SHE DRIED HER TEARS AND ASKED GOD TO SUPPORT HER
AN AMERICAN FARMSTEAD
THE CARPENTER SET ABOUT HIS TASK
HE NEVER TIRED OF READING
ON BOARD THE CANAL BOAT
NEGROES STOLEN FROM THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA WERE
SOLD INTO SLAVERY
THE DEFENCE OF FORT SUMTER
GARFIELD AND HIS REGIMENT GOING INTO ACTION
MRS. JAMES GARFIELD
THE WHITE HOUSE
THE STORY OF GARFIELD.
CHAPTER I.
THE FAR WEST.
The United States Sixty Years ago--The "Queen City" of the West--The
Rush for New Lands--Marvellous Growth of American Cities.
Go to Liverpool or Glasgow, and embark on one of the great ocean
steamers, which are constantly crossing the Atlantic. Sail westwards
for about a week, and you will reach the eastern shores of the New
World.
If you land at New York, you will find your
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