Millard does a fantastic job at switching between the thoughts and lives of Guitar and Garfield before and after the shooting. The first part of the book was an introduction to all of the characters and some background information about the political events and war. In his college years he went from being a school janitor to the school president, the man was brilliant and a scholar.Politics and war ended his school career Garfield was a Civil war hero and a deeply admired congressman.įour months after his inauguration, a man named Guitar tracked Garfield down and shot him. He had a love for learning and once said “education is salvation,” education changed his life for the better. Garfield didn’t have it easy he was born into extreme poverty, but rose quickly over the layers of society. Milliard’s writing style and use of imagery makes the reader feel like they are witnesses to the key events in the book.
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