Scott Greenberger

The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur

Da Capo

Nobody expected the vice president, a New York political hack, to be president. And after President James Garfield died in 1881, nobody expected Chester Arthur to become a courageous anti-corruption reformer and early civil rights advocate. And yet, from the moment Arthur took office, he proved to be honest and brave. In this beautifully written biography, Scott Greenberger, the coauthor of New York Times bestselling Critical and writer for the Boston Globe and GQ among others, tells the dramatic story of a virtually forgotten American president.