i think this is a perfect place for somebody to come and write the book about james garfield, to talk and to see all of these great faces and to see all these people who really are interested in garfield and want to learn more. so please welcome a native of new orleans, a graduate of yale, and his first biography just published, president garfield, a radical unifier, a c w goodyear, and so much. all right. well, thank you, guys much for being here. i should echo todd's kind words that this is the perfect for me to come visit. it's actually with members of the garfield here, members of my own family kindly enough and this being the last stage of my ohio book tour, it seemed as though this was just a perfect case of things coming full circle. so i couldn't have dreamed dreamt of a better location. i also want to make it clear that the book says c w goodyear i've always gone by charlie and so, so militantly, so so we're going to have plenty of time for questions at the very end of the cw thing, i was advised on good authority that charlie does not good on a book cover. so. so i went with

james garfield and william mckinley were the fourth president to be assassinated during his presidency. at 7:00 p.m., the same rosis arrested lee harvey oswald on charges of murdering a police officer, but a few hours later it was announced that he he was the assassin of president kennedy. oswald did not accept the charge of murder and claimed that he did not shoot anyone. two days later, at the dallas police station , oswald was surrounded by a tight security ring of police officers and reporters. despite the presence of the police and reporters, oswald was shot dead so that the secret of kennedy's assassination would remain on the screen. oswald's innocence and guilt were not proven in any court, but many believe that he was used as a pawn. the man who shot and killed oswald was jack ruby with the jewish name of jacob leon rubenstein. he owns a night club in the city it was texas. he was sentenced to death by a dallas court for the murder of oswald, but after an appeal , it was decided to retry him. the court date had not yet arrived when ruby fell ill and died of pneumonia caused by

kennedy after abraham lincoln, james garfield and william mackay were the fourth president to be assassinateding his term of office. at 7:00 p.m., the same rosis arrested lee harvey oswald on the charge of murdering a police officer, but a few hours later it was announced that he was the assassin of president kennedy. oswald did not accept the charge of murder and claimed that he did not shoot anyone. two days later, at the dallas police station, oswald was surrounded by a tight security circle of police officers and reporters. despite the presence of the police and reporters, oswald was shot dead, so that the secret of john kennedy's murder is still on the screen to stay oswald's innocence and guilt were never proven in any court of law, but many believe that he was used as a dummy. the man who shot and killed oswald was jack ruby with the jewish name of jacob leon rubenstein. he owned a nightclub in dallas, texas. the dallas court sentenced him to death for oswald's murder. but after the appeal, it was decided to try again. it wasn't until the court date that ruby got sick and a lung blocka

our friend on the left, spencer munson, neighbor of james garfield. he was playing in the outfield when a ball was hit deep, he caught it, lovely catch . as he was going to throw the ball in the infield people heard a bone snap. his elbow dislocated. i think adam playing vintage baseball i can offer an explanation. they were not good on calisthenics and stretching before the game. i can see how such freak injuries may have occurred, especially after broking a arm and having rotator cuff surgery a couple of years ago, i know my arm needs a lot of warm-up before a game. sh the two figures in the center and the right, bill chamberlain and samuel bell littrell. bill chamberlain steps up to the plate, hits a massive shot out to the outfield, samuel bell littrell, the mayor's son gets under it, he loses it in the sun back, i can also test this happening, and the ball went right into his forehead and he dropped like a beef on the ground. unconscious and had to be carried from the field. i have seen baseballs temporarily tattoo for heads, right, adam? adam wh

rutherford b hayes, james garfield, and chester arthur the population aittle bit more than 50 million people. least 20 law schools were in operation. the first women's practi law, 1869, and reconstruction was going on at that time. did that affect his career, the civil war service, did it affect his career throughout his life and reconstruction? jeffrey: this of course is a central development in american in constitutional law. holmes' colleague was affected by his civil war experience. he wrote the dsenting opinion in plessy versus ferguson, and also objected to the courts efforts to strike down landmarks of reconstruction, including the civil rights act of 1875. by the time holmes joined the court, troops had been withdrawn from the south. holmes didn't have the opportunity to pass on the central landmarks of the reconstruction, but he did in his service acquiesce in some very shameful opinions that poured into the goals of reconstruction, allowing alabama to disenfranchise all black people simply by using literacy tests and full taxes. this is an example of its darker side, holmes

rutherford b hayes, james garfield, and chester arthur. population a little bi more than 50 million people. at least 2law schools were in operation. the fst women's practice law, 1869, and reconstruction was going on at that time. did that affect his career, the civil war service, did it affect his career throughout his life and reconstruction? jeffrey: this of course is a central development in american in constitutional law. holmes' colleague was affected by his civil war experience. he wrote the dissenting inion in plessy versus ferguson, and also objected to the courts efforts to strike down landmarks of reconstruction, including the civil rights act of 1875. by the time holmes joined the court, troops had been withdrawn from the south. holmes didn't have the opportunity to pass on the central landmarks of the reconstruction, but he did in his service acquiesce in some very shameful opinions that poured into the goals of reconstruction, allowing alabama to disenfranchise all black people simply by using literacy tests and full taxes. t