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A 5 page book review on Murdering McKinley by historian Eric Rauchway, in which the author creates a gripping story from what has basically become a footnote in twentieth century American history--the murder of President William McKinley in 1901 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Through an intriguing use of narrative perspective, Rauchway offers readers an enthralling description of the events surrounding McKinley's murder, but also discusses the context and background that allows readers to comprehend his points more fully. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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anarchist Leon Czolgosz. Through an intriguing use of narrative perspective, Rauchway offers readers an enthralling description of the events surrounding McKinleys murder, but also discusses the context and background that
allows readers to comprehend his points more fully. This is principally accomplished by Rauchway relating the activities of Lloyd Vernon Briggs, a physician of that era who attempted to discern
actions and motives. The primary theme that emerges from this overview argues that this event marks a turning point in American politics, as McKinleys Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, used the
assassination to help usher in a new era based on his progressive views. In his preface, Rauchway points out that the assassination of McKinley as often been described as
"a terrible but effective way of clearing the decks" for "political modernization" (Rauchway xi). Elaborating on this point, reviewer Matthew Guterl writes that "the dour McKinley gave way to
the racy, globe-straddling Theodore Roosevelt" and, with this change, the "smoke-filled rooms of the Gilded Age politics gave way to the public moralism of the Progressive era, and nothing would
ever be the same again" (Guterl 1547). Rauchway makes it clear that how history remembers McKinley is not only due to Czolgosz and his assassination, but also due to way
that Roosevelt succeeded in causing the majority of Americans and many historians to forget about McKinley in the wake of Roosevelts dynamic personality. Rauchway tells the story of McKinleys "two
killers" (Rauchway xii), as McKinley was murdered first by Czolgosz, who actually pulled the trigger, but also by Roosevelt, "who buried his predecessors legacy beneath a pile of aggressive social
policies" (Guterl 1547). In relating events, Rauchway keeps his focus on the death of McKinley and its aftermath. He describes Czolgoszs trial, which was quick, with the jury deliberating a
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