The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president

Title
  1. The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.
Published by
  1. New York : Doubleday, ©2011.
Author
  1. Millard, Candice.

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Description
  1. x, 339 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 > Assassination
  2. Guiteau, Charles J. 1841-1882
  3. Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
  4. Garfield, James A 1831-1881
  5. Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882
  6. Bliss, Doctor Willard, 1825-1889
  7. Garfield, James A., 1831-1881
  8. Guiteau, Charles J., 1841-1882
  9. Presidents > United States > Biography
  10. Presidents > Medical care > History > United States > 19th century
  11. Medicine > United States > History > 19th century
  12. Medical instruments and apparatus > United States > History > 19th century
  13. Political culture > United States > History > 19th century
  14. Power (Social sciences) > United States > History > 19th century
  15. Equipment and Supplies
  16. Attentat
  17. Krankenpflege
  18. Politik
  19. Presidents > Medical care > History
  20. Medicine > United States > History
  21. Power (Social sciences) > United States > History
  22. United States > Politics and government > 1881-1885
  23. United States
  24. United States > Politics and government
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. ILD 11-8939
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.
Author
  1. Millard, Candice.
Title
  1. The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.
Imprint
  1. New York : Doubleday, ©2011.
Edition
  1. 1st ed.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2011001549
ISBN
  1. 9780385526265
  2. 0385526261
  3. 9780767929714
  4. 0767929713
Research call number
  1. ILD 11-8939
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