Under its popular Republican commander-in-chief, the United States was undergoing an uneasy transition from a simple agrarian society to an industrial powerhouse spreading its influence overseas by force of arms. McKinley was to his contemporaries an enigma, a president whose conflicted feelings about imperialism reflected the country's own. The two men seemed to live in eerily parallel Americas. The President and the Assassin is the story of the momentous years leading up to that event, and of the very different paths that brought together two of the most compelling figures of the era: President William McKinley and Leon Czolgosz, the anarchist who murdered him. The shocking murder of President William McKinley threw into stark relief the emerging new world order of what would come to be known as the American Century. In the book Mr.In 1901, as America tallied its gains from a period of unprecedented imperial expansion, an assassin's bullet shattered the nation's confidence. Scott Miller is the author of the new book on the assassination of President William McKinley on September 6, 1901.
He was also a contributor to CNBC and Great Britain’s Sky News. Prior to writing this, his first book, Scott Miller reported for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Reuters. Czolgosz’s interest in the rising anarchist movement and its influence on him. Big business was producing many new products (Coke, Ivory Soap) and was looking worldwide for new markets.
It was recovering from an economic downturn. During that period, the country changed in many ways. Miller examines President McKinley and his assassin, Leon Czolgosz, in the context of the era in which they lived. T20:00:13-04:00 Scott Miller is the author of the new book on the assassination of President William McKinley on September 6, 1901.
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