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Article: `MCKINLEY' AIMS TO ELEVATE 25TH PRESIDENT'S REPUTATION

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As if assassination were not an unpleasant enough fate, William McKinley had the further misfortune of being succeeded - and upstaged - as president by Theodore Roosevelt. But while acknowledging that McKinley is "one of our most under-appreciated presidents," historian Kevin Phillips has crafted a biography that nudges him into the "near- great" tier, as "an upright and effective president of the solid second rank."

`McKinley' is the latest addition to the fine American Presidents Series, essay-length discussions by historians (Gary Wills on Madison, Douglas Brinkley on Ford), journalists (Tom Wicker on Eisenhower, John Seigenthaler on Polk), and novelists (E.L. Doctorow on Lincoln, Louis ...

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