The book for October book is The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur by Scott S. Greenbergern.
Vanessa was our guest on the May edition of the Democracy Forum. Listen to the conversation here. We can't wait to read the book. Thanks to the author, we have a few free copies: first come, first served. Email us at downeast@lwvme.org to request a copy.
From the publisher:
When President James Garfield was shot in 1881, nobody expected Vice President Chester A. Arthur to become a strong and effective president, a courageous anti-corruption reformer, and an early civil rights advocate. This beautifully written biography tells the dramatic, untold story of a virtually forgotten American president. It is the tale of a machine politician and man-about-town in Gilded Age New York who stumbled into the highest office in the land, only to rediscover his better self when his nation needed him.
Join us even if you haven't read the book. It's sure to be a lively conversation.