Millard, Candice <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780385526265 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Garfield, James A. (, 1831-1881) <br/>Guiteau, Charles Julius (, 1841-1882.) <br/>Bell, Alexander Graham (, 1847-1922.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents---United States----Biography<br/>Medicine---History<br/>Musical instruments---History<br/>Political culture---United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States---Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E687.9  / .M55 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>92 GAR