The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president
Millard, Candice
The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday , c2011. - x, 319 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.
Prologue: Chose -- Promise -- The scientific spirit -- Providence -- A light in the wilderness -- God's minuteman -- Bleak mountain -- War -- Hand and soul -- Real Brutuses and Bolingbrokes -- Brains, flesh, and blood -- Casus belli -- The dark dreams of presidents -- "A desperate deed" -- Fear -- "Thank God it is all over" -- "It's true" -- All evil consequences -- Blood-guilty -- "The whole nation kin" -- Neither death nor life -- One nation -- Hope -- On a mountaintop, alone -- Terror, hope, and despair -- One : after all -- Two : all the angels of the universe -- The scientific spirit.
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'sbullet.
English
9780385526265
Garfield, James A. (, 1831-1881)
Guiteau, Charles Julius (, 1841-1882.)
Bell, Alexander Graham (, 1847-1922.)
Presidents---United States----Biography
Medicine---History
Musical instruments---History
Political culture---United States
United States---Politics and government
E687.9 / .M55 2011
92 GAR
The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday , c2011. - x, 319 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.
Prologue: Chose -- Promise -- The scientific spirit -- Providence -- A light in the wilderness -- God's minuteman -- Bleak mountain -- War -- Hand and soul -- Real Brutuses and Bolingbrokes -- Brains, flesh, and blood -- Casus belli -- The dark dreams of presidents -- "A desperate deed" -- Fear -- "Thank God it is all over" -- "It's true" -- All evil consequences -- Blood-guilty -- "The whole nation kin" -- Neither death nor life -- One nation -- Hope -- On a mountaintop, alone -- Terror, hope, and despair -- One : after all -- Two : all the angels of the universe -- The scientific spirit.
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'sbullet.
English
9780385526265
Garfield, James A. (, 1831-1881)
Guiteau, Charles Julius (, 1841-1882.)
Bell, Alexander Graham (, 1847-1922.)
Presidents---United States----Biography
Medicine---History
Musical instruments---History
Political culture---United States
United States---Politics and government
E687.9 / .M55 2011
92 GAR
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