1896 Campaign Biography of William McKinley, Illustrated First Edition

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1896 Campaign Biography of William McKinley, Illustrated First Edition:
$20.00

Book Description: Murat Halstead, Life and Distinguished Services of Hon. Wm.McKinley and the Great Issues of 1896 Containing Also a Sketch of the Life ofGarret A. Hobart. EdgewoodPublishing Co., 1896, 501 pages. With chapters by Hon. John Sherman, Gen. C. H. Grosvenor andCol. Albert Halstead, of Governor McKinley’s Staff With and Introduction byChauncey M. Depew. Illustratedwith photographs throughout. FirstEdition. Gilt and brownillustrated titles on orange red boards.Tight binding and clean, crisp pages throughout. Overall in very good to near finecondition. Listed in Miles’ bibliography ofCampaign Biographies as #816. Campaign biographies were the equivalent ofmodern television ads. Generally written by a friend or supporter of thecandidate, they extolled his virtues, his faith, and his rise from humblebeginnings (even if he was born rich). In general, softbound biographiesare considered to be more desirable than hardbound equivalents.