William McKinley and Our America; A Pictorial History

Canton, OH: Stark County Historical Society, 1996. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xv, 209, [2]] pages. Illustrations. Quotations by McKinley. Illustrated Timeline. Bibliography. Index. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11.5 inches. DJ has some wear, soiling and sticker residue at back. Signed by author with sentiment on fep. Rear board has some reinforcing hinge tape (part of original production?). Richard Lee McElroy is an Ohio native who graduated from Kent State University. He spent 32 years as an educator and coach rising to be a professor at Malone, Walsh, and Mt. Union College. He has written a dozen books (including works on Baseball and Presidents McKinley and Garfield and over 100 stories and articles. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including McKinley Award by the McKinley Presidential Museum and Library and the Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Citizen. He is also an Inductee in the Stark County Softball Hall of Fame. William McKinley (January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his assassination in September 1901, six months into his second term. McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish-American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals. McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War, and the only one to have started the war as an enlisted soldier, beginning as a private in the Union Army and ending as a brevet major. In 1876, he was elected to Congress, where he became the Republican Party's expert on the protective tariff, which he promised would bring prosperity. He was elected Ohio's governor in 1891 and 1893, steering a moderate course between capital and labor interests. With the aid of his close adviser Mark Hanna, he secured the Republican nomination for president in 1896, amid a deep economic depression. He defeated his Democratic rival, William Jennings Bryan, after a campaign in which he advocated "sound money"