The Story of Garfield
William Gunion Rutherford
Read by William Tomcho
A short biography of the 20th U.S. President. Garfield was raised in humble circumstances on an Ohio farm by his widowed mother and elder brother. Before he was elected president in the Republican party he was first elected to Congress in 1862 as Representative of the 19th District of Ohio. Then to the Senate in 1880. His presidency lasted just 200 days—from March 4, 1881, until his death on September 19, 1881, as a result of being shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881. (Summary by Wikipedia and wtomcho) (2 hr 24 min)
Chapters
| The Far West | 5:38 | Read by William Tomcho |
| The Pioneers | 7:07 | Read by William Tomcho |
| A Fire in the Forest | 5:35 | Read by William Tomcho |
| The Four Saplings | 5:30 | Read by William Tomcho |
| A Restless Scholar | 7:02 | Read by William Tomcho |
| Man-making | 9:08 | Read by William Tomcho |
| The Two Brothers | 6:41 | Read by William Tomcho |
| House-building | 9:16 | Read by William Tomcho |
| Faithful Work | 7:14 | Read by William Tomcho |
| The Rope That Saved Him | 8:44 | Read by William Tomcho |
| Striking out a New Line | 6:43 | Read by William Tomcho |
| Teaching and Learning | 5:33 | Read by William Tomcho |
| Finding Friends | 9:02 | Read by William Tomcho |
| The First Blow | 10:15 | Read by William Tomcho |
| Dark Days for the Union | 8:30 | Read by William Tomcho |
| For Flag and Country | 5:49 | Read by William Tomcho |
| Winning His Spurs | 7:52 | Read by William Tomcho |
| Filling the Gap | 6:14 | Read by William Tomcho |
| The Hour and the Man | 7:34 | Read by William Tomcho |
| Looking Back | 4:41 | Read by William Tomcho |