Kyle Harrison
to-read
Life and Distinguished Services of William McKinley
Life and Distinguished Services of William McKinley, Our Martyr President
- Author
- Murat Halstead
- Published
- 1901
- Pages
- 503
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: One of the memorial campaign-and-life biographies rushed out after McKinley’s assassination in 1901 — a period artefact as much as a biography.
Where I saw it: Shown as a nineteenth-century leather-bound spine in the shelf photo @romanhelmetguy posted on X, December 16, 2025, illustrating his rule that “half the books you read must be from before WW2.” https://x.com/romanhelmetguy/status/2000775031949824123
Connections
- Historical Futurism — reading a period through what it published about itself.