Download or read book Dark Horse written by Kenneth D. Ackerman and published by Carroll & Graf Pub. This book was released on 2003 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close-up look at post-Civil War American politics describes the narrow election of President James A. Garfield, his murder by assassin Charles Guiteau, and the machinations of the political power-brokers of the era.