{"product_id":"2940013365780","title":"FROM CANAL BOY TO PRESIDENT","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.--THE FIRST PAIR OF SHOES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.--GROWING IN WISDOM AND STATURE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.--IN QUEST OF FORTUNE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.--ON THE TOW-PATH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.--AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.--JAMES LEAVES THE CANAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.--THE CHOICE OF A VOCATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII.--GEAUGA SEMINARY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX.--WAYS AND MEANS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX.--A COUSIN'S REMINISCENCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI.--LEDGE HILL SCHOOL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII.--WHO SHALL BE MASTER?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII.--JAMES LEAVES GEAUGA SEMINARY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV.--AT HIRAM INSTITUTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV.--THREE BUSY YEARS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI.--ENTERING WILLIAMS COLLEGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII.--LIFE IN COLLEGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII.--THE CANAL-BOY BECOMES A COLLEGE PRESIDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIX.--GARFIELD AS A COLLEGE PRESIDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXX.--GARFIELD BECOMES A STATE SENATOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXI.--A DIFFICULT DUTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXII.--JOHN JORDAN'S DANGEROUS JOURNEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIII.--GARFIELD'S BOLD STRATEGY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIV.--THE BATTLE OF MIDDLE CREEK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXV.--THE PERILOUS TRIP UP THE BIG SANDY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVI.--THE CANAL-BOY BECOMES A CONGRESSMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVII.--GARFIELD'S COURSE IN CONGRESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII.--THE MAN FOR THE HOUR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIX.--GARFIELD AS A LAWYER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXX.--THE SCHOLAR IN POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXI.--THE TRIBUTES OF FRIENDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXII.--FROM CANAL-BOY TO PRESIDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII.--THE NEW ADMINISTRATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXIV.--THE TRAGIC END\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXV.--MR. DEPEW'S ESTIMATE OF GARFIELD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXVI.--THE LESSONS OF HIS LIFE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOYHOOD AND MANHOOD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAMES A. GARFIELD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIRST PAIR OF SHOES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a small and rudely-built log-cabin a sturdy boy of four years\u003cbr\u003eissued, and looked earnestly across the clearing to the pathway that led\u003cbr\u003ethrough the surrounding forest. His bare feet pressed the soft grass,\u003cbr\u003ewhich spread like a carpet before the door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What are you looking for, Jimmy?\" asked his mother from within the\u003cbr\u003ehumble dwelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm looking for Thomas,\" said Jimmy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's hardly time for him yet. He won't be through work till after\u003cbr\u003esunset.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Then I wish the sun would set quick,\" said Jimmy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That is something we can not hasten, my son. God makes the sun to rise\u003cbr\u003eand to set in its due season.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis idea was probably too advanced for Jimmy's comprehension, for he\u003cbr\u003ewas but four years of age, and the youngest of a family of four\u003cbr\u003echildren. His father had died two years before, leaving a young widow,\u003cbr\u003eand four children, the eldest but nine, in sore straits. A long and\u003cbr\u003esevere winter lay before the little family, and they had but little corn\u003cbr\u003egarnered to carry them through till the next harvest. But the young\u003cbr\u003ewidow was a brave woman and a devoted mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"God will provide for us,\" she said, but sometimes it seemed a mystery\u003cbr\u003ehow that provision was to come. More than once, when the corn was low in\u003cbr\u003ethe bin, she went to bed without her own supper, that her four children,\u003cbr\u003ewho were blessed with hearty appetites, might be satisfied. But when\u003cbr\u003etwelve months had gone by, and the new harvest came in, the fields which\u003cbr\u003eshe and her oldest boy had planted yielded enough to place them beyond\u003cbr\u003ethe fear of want. God did help them, but it was because they helped\u003cbr\u003ethemselves.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147517542640,"sku":"2940013365780","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013365780_p0.jpg?v=1763580283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013365780","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}