James Garfield


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Further Reading

Hendrik, B. V. The Road to Respectability: James A. Garfield and His World. Bucknell Univ. Press. 1988.

Brown, Harry James, and Williams, Frederick D., eds. The Diary of James A. Garfield, four vols. Mich. State Univ. Press. 1967–1982.

Caldwell, R.G. James A Garfield: Party Chieftain. NY: 1931

Conwell, Russell H. The Life, Speeches and Public Service of James A. Garfield. Portland, ME: Stinson. 1881.

Doenecke, Justus D. The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur Lawrence: Univ. of Kansas. 1981.

McElroy, Richard L. James A. Garfield–His Life and Times. Daring Books. 1986.

Peskin, Allan. Garfield. Kent State Univ. Press. 1978.

Taylor, John M. Garfield of Ohio: The Available Man. NY: Norton. 1970.

Wasson, Woodrow W. James A. Garfield: His Religion and Education. Nashville: Tennessee Book. 1952.

Williams, Frederick D., ed., The Wild Life of the Army: Civil War Letters of James A. Garfield. Mich. State Univ. Press. 1964.

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