President James Garfield was just four months into his presidency when he was shot by a deranged office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. After his death that September, Garfield became a symbol of lost opportunity for a nation in transition.Â
President James Garfield was only four months into his presidency when he was shot by Charles Guiteau, who claimed that God had instructed him to kill the president.Â
In the early 1900s, a struggle over working conditions of coal miners led to the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and turned parts of West Virginia into a war zone.Â
During the Great Depression, gangsters became unlikely heroes. They were glorified in movies and fueled American imaginations, desperate for entertainment.
Since their deaths, dozens of movies and television series have been made glamorizing the lives and deaths of Bonnie and Clyde. This is the true story.Â
