Excerpt from The Life and Death of James A. Garfield: From the Tow Path to the White House, Together With a Complete Account of His Assassination; History of Charles J. Guiteau, the Assassin; The Comments of the Press on the Assassination; The Feeling Throughout the Country James A. Garfield, the President of the United States and the subject of this history, had determined to take two weeks' relaxation from his important duties, and had invited the mem bers Of the Cabinet and their ladies with several other friends to accompany him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.