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Source: The Illustrious Life of William McKinley, Our Martyred President Source type: book Document type: illustration Document title: “Three Presidents Who Have Fallen Victims to Assassins’ Bullets” Image size (in source, approx. h x w): 16.4cm x 11.3cm Author(s): anonymous [illustration]; Halstead, Murat [book] Edition: Prospectus Publisher: none given Place of publication: none given Year of publication: 1901 Pagination: none |
| Citation |
| “Three Presidents Who Have Fallen Victims to Assassins’ Bullets.” The Illustrious Life of William McKinley, Our Martyred President. By Murat Halstead. Prospectus. [n.p.]: [n.p.], 1901: [unnumbered plate]. |
| Transcription |
| full image of illustration |
| Keywords |
| McKinley memorialization (illustrations); William McKinley (illustrations); Leon Czolgosz (illustrations); presidential assassinations (comparison: illustrations). |
| Named persons |
| John Wilkes Booth; Leon Czolgosz; James A. Garfield; Charles J. Guiteau; Abraham Lincoln; William McKinley. |
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Title herein taken from caption.
The illustration below appears on the seventh unnumbered plate at the
beginning of the book.
This prospectus includes only a sampling of the contents from the regular
published edition, including: 32 unnumbered plates with photographs/illustrations;
the introduction plus chapters or portions of chapters 1, 2, 3, 10, 11,
13, 14, 15, 16; and miscellaneous sales-related items unique to the prospectus.
From title page: The Illustrious Life of William McKinley, Our Martyred
President: The True Story of the Assassination, in the Shadow of Death,
Passing Away, Funeral Ceremonies; Together with His Ancestry, Boyhood,
Student Days, His Career as Soldier, Lawyer, Statesman, Governor, and
President, the Principles for Which He Stood and the Triumphs He Achieved,
and His Home Life; Anarchy, Its History, Influences and Dangers, with
a Sketch of the Life of the Assassin.
From title page: Superbly Illustrated with Numerous Engravings Made
from Original Photographs.
From title page: By Murat Halstead, for Thirty Years the Personal Friend
of the President, Author of History of the War between the States, Story
of Cuba, Story of the Philippines, Etc., Etc.
Image retrieved from hard copy original. |
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Three Presidents Who Have Fallen Victims to Assassins’ Bullets