The Story of Garfield / Farm-boy, Soldier, and President

Name: The Story of Garfield / Farm-boy, Soldier, and President
Author: William G. Rutherford

by William G. Rutherford

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THE STORY OF GARFIELD
FARM-BOY, SOLDIER, AND PRESIDENT
TWENTY-NINTH THOUSAND
LONDON: THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION 57 AND 59 LUDGATE HILL, E.C. 1895
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PORTRAIT OF JAMES GARFIELD (missing) . . . . . . Frontispiece THE TREES FELL BEFORE HIS AXE TOM BORROWED A HORSE SHE DRIED HER TEARS AND ASKED GOD TO SUPPORT HER AN AMERICAN FARMSTEAD THE CARPENTER SET ABOUT HIS TASK HE NEVER TIRED OF READING ON BOARD THE CANAL BOAT NEGROES STOLEN FROM THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA WERE SOLD INTO SLAVERY THE DEFENCE OF FORT SUMTER GARFIELD AND HIS REGIMENT GOING INTO ACTION MRS. JAMES GARFIELD THE WHITE HOUSE
THE STORY OF GARFIELD.
CHAPTER I. THE FAR WEST.
CHAPTER II. THE PIONEERS.
The trees fell before his axe.
CHAPTER III. A FIRE IN THE FOREST.
CHAPTER IV. THE FOUR SAPLINGS.
Tom borrowed a horse.
CHAPTER V. A RESTLESS SCHOLAR.
CHAPTER VI. MAN-MAKING.
CHAPTER VII. THE TWO BROTHERS.
She dried her tears and asked God to support her.
An American Farmstead.
CHAPTER VIII. HOUSE-BUILDING.
The carpenter set about his task.
CHAPTER IX. FAITHFUL WORK.
He never tired of reading.
CHAPTER X THE ROPE THAT SAVED HIM.
On board the canal boat.
CHAPTER XI. STRIKING OUT A NEW LINE.
CHAPTER XII. TEACHING AND LEARNING.
CHAPTER XIII. FINDING FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST BLOW.
Negroes stolen from the west coast of Africa were sold into slavery.
The defense of Fort Sumter.
CHAPTER XV. DARK DAYS FOE THE UNION.
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.
CHAPTER XVI. FOR FLAG AND COUNTRY.
CHAPTER XVII. WINNING HIS SPURS.
Garfield and his regiment going into action.
CHAPTER XVIII. FILLING THE GAP.
CHAPTER XIX. THE HOUR AND THE MAN.
Mrs. James Garfield.
CHAPTER XX. LOOKING BACK.
The White House.

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