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| 100 | 1 | _aMillard, Candice | |
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_aThe destiny of the republic _b: a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president _c/ Candice Millard |
| 250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Doubleday _c, c2011. |
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_ax, 319 p., [16] p. of plates _b: ill. _c; 25 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aPrologue: 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. | |
| 520 | _aA 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. | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish | ||
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_aGarfield, James A. _q(James Abram) _d(, 1831-1881) |
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_aGuiteau, Charles Julius _d(, 1841-1882.) |
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_aBell, Alexander Graham _d(, 1847-1922.) |
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_aPresidents _z-United States _v--Biography |
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_aMedicine _x-History |
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_aMusical instruments _x-History |
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_aPolitical culture _z-United States |
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_aUnited States _x-Politics and government |
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