The Fatal Bullet

The Fatal Bullet by Rick Geary  80 pp.

One more "Victorian Murder". This tells the story of the assassination of President James A Garfield by Charles Guiteau. The author points out many of the parallels in the two men's lives and how they each turned out so differently. I knew little about Guiteau before reading this and was surprised to discover that the two men had met when Guiteau was trying to get political jobs after Garfield's election as President. Also, depicted in the book is the pain and suffering Garfield experienced during the 2-1/2 months between getting shot and his death. Unfortunately it took the assassination of one more President, William McKinley, before the Secret Service was assigned to presidential protection duty.