In the Days of McKinley Author:Margaret Leech In choosing the McKinley era for her concentrated study, Margaret Leech challenges the general assumption that a neglected period is an unimportant period. Actually the years spanned by McKinley's presidency -- 1896 to 1901, when his assassination brought the ebullient Theodore Roosevelt to the White House,- marked a turning point in our nat... more »ional history and character.« less