The fascinating, unbelievably tragic story of a forgotten man who deserves to be better known. The story of Garfield's rise -- from abject poverty to war hero to learned statesman to champion of education and opportunity for all regardless of race to the unsought Republican nomination for president to his all too brief term of office -- seems almost too good to be true. But even if it were only half true (mind, I'm not suggesting any distortion on Millard's part), his story will put in stark relief the meager qualities of his party's current inheritors. Read it!