3/5

Clear and concise this isn’t an exhaustive history of the 1890s and 1900s and nor should it be. The clear examination of the murder of McKinley and the responses to the event across the ideological spectrum provide a nice case study in Gilded Age America. The final chapter’s attempts to weave these into the Wilsonian era are somewhat brief but I think this is an excellent piece for anyone doing more general reading about the period.