Q&A: Scott Miller, Author, "The President and the Assassin"

Our guest is Scott Miller, author of the new book on the assassination of President William McKinley on September 6, 1901. In particular, the book examines McKinley and his assassin, Leon Czolgosz, in the context of the era in which they lived.

[@judithgrace9850]

Thank you.

[@kamuelalee]

Very interesting discussion for an interesting period in American history.

[@dj2prince]

McKinley was 58 when he was killed, not 54

[@misterjag]

This assassin changed American history in a dramatic way.

[@gr3y_eminence]

This fellow has made some errors or omissions, minor, but still . . . Edit: Okay, he's done his research but to this day no one really knows for sure what Czolgosz believed in or his mental state; basically I never bought the political motivation that he supposedly had, because the circle around Emma Goldman rebuffed him; as he didn't seem to be sane . Czolgosz was more of a crank I guess one would call it. There's a book by Rauchway, called Murdering McKinley (with TR WM LC on the cover heh heh) That is a really good jumping off point for anyone out there doing a school project or something along those lines.. And it also covers TR and the new policies of the emergent American empire.

[@marcusholbert2525]

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