The Lives of William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart, Republican Presidential Candidates of 1896: An Authorized, Impartial, Authentic, and Complete History of Their Public Career and Private Lives, from Boyhood to the Present Date, with Anecdotes, Incident…

xxxiii, [1], 35-546 pp. Navy blue cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped borders, black-and-white photographic frontispiece and plates. A biography of the 1896 Republican presidential candidates. William McKinley would ultimately become 25th President of the United States, and is best known for leading the nation to a decisive victory in the 1898 Spanish-American War, which established the U.S. as a global power, and for championing pro-business, protective tariffs to spur economic growth.