The Second Mourning: The Untold Story of America's Most Bizarre Political Murder

Prolific mystery author, Stephen G. Yanoff, recreates a chilling tale of an American political landscape where fierce battles for power unfold against a backdrop of intrigue, treachery, and violence. Through meticulous research, drawing on hundreds of sources, Yanoff provides a fresh - and terrifying - look at the assassination of President James A. Garfield. He also uncovers the untold story of the assassin, Charles Guiteau, the insane office seeker who changed the course of American history. THE SECOND MOURNING has won four gold medals, and one silver medal, for “Best United States History Book of the Year.”