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James A. Garfield NHS interprets the home of the 20th President of the United States, including the Memorial Library added to the house by his widow, Lucretia.

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Book Cover for: Political Disquisitions: Or, an Enquiry Into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses. ... of 3; Volume 2, James Burgh

Political Disquisitions: Or, an Enquiry Into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses. ... of 3; Volume 2

James Burgh
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#OnThisDay 222 yrs ago-Nov. 1, 1800-John & Abigail Adams became first presidential couple to live in the White House. Only about 6 rooms were livable at that point. James & Lucretia Garfield lived in the @WhiteHouse Mar.-Sep. 1881. Image: @WhiteHouseHstry #thewhitehouse https://t.co/yavV8b5nmx

Hardcover, 2018

$39.95Member price:$35.96 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army, Brian Matthew Jordan

A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army

Brian Matthew Jordan
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Dr. Brian Matthew Jordan of @SamHoustonState gave a wonderful talk here this afternoon about the 107th Ohio Vol. Infantry, the subject of his latest book “A Thousand May Fall: An Immigrant Regiment’s Civil War.” He was kind enough to sign books for people afterward. https://t.co/Ytj9DgV5Fb

Hardcover, 2021

$28.95Member price:$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 10, Walter Scott

The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 10

Walter Scott
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@sarageorgini The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott and collected works of Charles Dickens. Sorry it took us until late afternoon to get these to you! https://t.co/WOJ2BGtspM

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Book Cover for: The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe
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https://t.co/bEW9in8hno Tickets for our annual "Evening with Edgar Allan Poe" are on sale now! Three nights this year: Oct. 20-22; two performances per night. All 6 pm shows: "The Raven" & "Some Words w/ a Mummy." All 8 pm shows: "The Raven" & "Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar."

Paperback, 2015

$6.95Member price:$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America, Megan Kate Nelson

Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America

Megan Kate Nelson
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@cwbarr @Yellowstone Yes, Garfield chaired House Appropriations Committee 1871-75. We’re reading Megan Kate Nelson’s excellent “Saving Yellowstone” right now! @megankatenelson

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Book Cover for: Business, James Platt

Business

James Platt
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"Cabinet meeting at 12 & much miscellaneous business was done. Conkling received just one-third of the Republican votes of the two Houses at Albany, Platt 29-six less than Conkling. And this is the 'vindication' he appealed for." ~President James A. Garfield, 5/31/1881. 1/2 https://t.co/2lmxsRatwm

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Book Cover for: Les Miserables, Victor Hugo

Les Miserables

Victor Hugo
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“…took the 7 AM train for Shelby. En route, read Victor Hugo's 'History of a Crime.'" ~Congressman James A. Garfield, 7/22/1878. French novelist Victor Hugo (image)-author of “Les Miserables” & “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”-born #OnThisDay in 1802. #victorhugo #jamesagarfield https://t.co/dNjuG7eVaM

Paperback, Mass Market, 2013

$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ben-Hur, Lew Wallace

Ben-Hur

Lew Wallace
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DYK? Lew Wallace researched his novel “The Prince of India” (1893) while serving as US Minister to the Ottoman Empire under Presidents James A. Garfield & Chester A. Arthur. General Garfield had known General Wallace during the Civil War & admired Wallace’s 1880 novel “Ben-Hur.” https://t.co/DgMqutzgYH

Paperback, Mass Market, 2012

$9.95Member price:$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, U S Bureau of the Census

Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont

U S Bureau of the Census
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Only one President of the United States was born on the Fourth of July. #OnThisDay 150 years ago-Jul. 4, 1872-Calvin Coolidge was born in Vermont. He was the 30th POTUS from 1923-29. He lived until Jan. 5, 1933. #POTUS #FourthofJuly #CalvinCoolidge #jamesagarfieldnhs https://t.co/g8faKCQrYr

Paperback, 2011

$41.25Member price:$37.13 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: The Legacy of Peace: A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Maidstone at the Ordinary Visitation in April, MDCCCLXXXIII: W, Benjamin Harrison

The Legacy of Peace: A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Maidstone at the Ordinary Visitation in April, MDCCCLXXXIII: W

Benjamin Harrison
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Former President Benjamin Harrison died #OnThisDay 122 yrs ago: 3/13/1901. POTUS 1889-93, he was born in Ohio in 1833 but was famously associated w/ his adopted home state of Indiana. He & James Garfield were friendly, & Garfield considered Harrison for a place in his cabinet. https://t.co/MOIG8pauju

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