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The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president
- Title
- The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.
- Author
- Millard, Candice.
- Publication
- New York : Doubleday, ©2011.
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Details
- Description
- x, 339 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- A narrative account of the twentieth president's political career offers insight into his background as a scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bell's failed attempt to save him from an assassin's bullet.
- Subjects
- Garfield, James A (James Abram), 1831-1881
- Medicine > United States > History
- United States > Politics and government
- Garfield, James A (James Abram), 1831-1881 > Assassination
- Medical instruments and apparatus > United States > History > 19th century
- Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882
- Krankenpflege
- Presidents > Medical care > History
- Biographies
- Bliss, Doctor Willard, 1825-1889
- Politik
- Garfield, James A., 1831-1881
- Presidents > United States > Biography
- Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
- Equipment and Supplies
- Guiteau, Charles J., 1841-1882
- Guiteau, Charles J (Charles Julius), 1841-1882
- Medicine > United States > History > 19th century
- Attentat
- United States > Politics and government > 1881-1885
- Power (Social sciences) > United States > History > 19th century
- Presidents > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century
- Political culture > United States > History > 19th century
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: Chose -- Part 1: Promise. The scientific spirit ; Providence ; "A beam in darkness" ; God's minute man ; Bleak mountain -- Part 2: War. Hand and soul ; Real Brutuses and Bolingbrokes ; Brains, flesh, and blood ; Casus belli ; The dark dreams of presidents ; "A desperate deed" -- Part 3: Fear. "Thank God it is all over" ; "It's true" ; All evil consequences ; Blood-guilty -- Part 4: Tortured for the republic. Neither death nor life ; One nation ; "Keep heart" ; On a mountaintop, alone ; Terror, hope, and despair ; After all ; All the angels of the universe -- Epilogue: Forever and forever more.
- Call Number
- ILD 11-8939
- ISBN
- 9780385526265
- 0385526261
- 9780767929714
- 0767929713
- LCCN
- 2011001549
- OCLC
- 700205578
- Author
- Millard, Candice.
- Title
- The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.
- Imprint
- New York : Doubleday, ©2011.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.
- Research Call Number
- ILD 11-8939