Chester Alan Arthur Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Zachary Karabell & Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
108

Chester Alan Arthur by Zachary Karabell & Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Book Summary

The Gilded Age bon vivant who became America's unlikeliest chief executive-and who presided over a sweeping reform of the system that nurtured him

Chester Alan Arthur never dreamed that one day he would be president of the United States. A successful lawyer, Arthur had been forced out as the head of the Custom House of the Port of New York in 1877 in a power struggle between the two wings of the Republican Party. He became such a celebrity that he was nominated for vice president in 1880-despite his never having run for office before.

Elected alongside James A. Garfield, Arthur found his life transformed just four months into his term, when an assassin shot and killed Garfield, catapulting Arthur into the presidency. The assassin was a deranged man who thought he deserved a federal job through the increasingly corrupt "spoils system." To the surprise of many, Arthur, a longtime beneficiary of that system, saw that the time had come for reform. His opportunity came in the winter of 1882-83, when he pushed through the Pendleton Act, which created a professional civil service and set America on a course toward greater reforms in the decades to come.

Chester Arthur may be largely forgotten today, but Zachary Karabell eloquently shows how this unexpected president-of whom so little was expected-rose to the occasion when fate placed him in the White House.

"By exploring the Gilded Age's parallels with our own divisive political scene, Karabell does an excellent job of cementing the volume's relevance for contemporary readers. " - Publishers Weekly

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Book Name Chester Alan Arthur
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Summary of Chester Alan Arthur by Zachary Karabell & Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

The Chester Alan Arthur book written by Zachary Karabell & Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. was published on 21 June 2004, Monday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 108 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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