Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president /
Millard, Candice.
Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, - x, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.
Prologue: Chosen -- The scientific spirit -- Providence -- "A beam in darkness" -- God's minute man -- Bleak mountain -- Hand and soul -- Real Brutuses and Bolingbrokes -- Brains, flesh, and blood -- Casus belli -- The dark dreams of presidents -- "A desperate deed" -- "Thank God it is all over" -- "It's true" -- All evil consequences -- Blood-guilty -- Neither death nor life -- One nation -- "Keep heart" -- On a mountaintop, alone -- Terror, hope, and despair -- After all -- All the angels of the universe -- Forever and forever more.
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. James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back. But the shot didn't kill Garfield. The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. The unhinged assassin's half-delivered strike shattered the fragile national mood of a country so recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president as the object of a bitter behind-the-scenes struggle for power--over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect. As his condition worsened, Garfield received help: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, worked around the clock to invent a new device capable of finding the bullet. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic will stand alongside The Devil in the White City and The Professor and the Madman as a classic of narrative history. -- Publisher description.
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Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles J. 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881.
Guiteau, Charles J. 1841-1882.
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881
Guiteau, Charles J. 1841-1882
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Bliss, Doctor Willard, 1825-1889.
Bitterfeld
1800-1899
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Medical care--History--United States--19th century.
Medicine--History--United States--19th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--19th century.
Political culture--History--United States--19th century.
Power (Social sciences)--History--United States--19th century.
Assassination.
Medical instruments and apparatus.
Medicine.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Power (Social sciences)
Presidents.
Attentat
Krankenpflege
Politik
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Medical care--History.
Medicine--History.--United States
Power (Social sciences)--History.--United States
Power (Social sciences)--United States--History--19th century.
Political culture--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
Medical instruments and apparatus--United States--History--19th century.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Medicine--United States--History--19th century.
Presidents--Medical care--United States--History--19th century.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Assassination.
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United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
United States--Politics and government.
United States.
United States--Politics and government.
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Electronic books.
Biography.
History.
Medicine--History. --United States
Power (Social sciences)--History. --United States
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Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, - x, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.
Prologue: Chosen -- The scientific spirit -- Providence -- "A beam in darkness" -- God's minute man -- Bleak mountain -- Hand and soul -- Real Brutuses and Bolingbrokes -- Brains, flesh, and blood -- Casus belli -- The dark dreams of presidents -- "A desperate deed" -- "Thank God it is all over" -- "It's true" -- All evil consequences -- Blood-guilty -- Neither death nor life -- One nation -- "Keep heart" -- On a mountaintop, alone -- Terror, hope, and despair -- After all -- All the angels of the universe -- Forever and forever more.
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. James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back. But the shot didn't kill Garfield. The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. The unhinged assassin's half-delivered strike shattered the fragile national mood of a country so recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president as the object of a bitter behind-the-scenes struggle for power--over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect. As his condition worsened, Garfield received help: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, worked around the clock to invent a new device capable of finding the bullet. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic will stand alongside The Devil in the White City and The Professor and the Madman as a classic of narrative history. -- Publisher description.
9780385526265 0385526261 9780385535007 0385535007 9780767929714 0767929713
Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975
2011001549
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles J. 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881.
Guiteau, Charles J. 1841-1882.
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881
Guiteau, Charles J. 1841-1882
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Bliss, Doctor Willard, 1825-1889.
Bitterfeld
1800-1899
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Medical care--History--United States--19th century.
Medicine--History--United States--19th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--19th century.
Political culture--History--United States--19th century.
Power (Social sciences)--History--United States--19th century.
Assassination.
Medical instruments and apparatus.
Medicine.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Power (Social sciences)
Presidents.
Attentat
Krankenpflege
Politik
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Medical care--History.
Medicine--History.--United States
Power (Social sciences)--History.--United States
Power (Social sciences)--United States--History--19th century.
Political culture--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
Medical instruments and apparatus--United States--History--19th century.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Medicine--United States--History--19th century.
Presidents--Medical care--United States--History--19th century.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Assassination.
NEW LIST 20111130.
Equipment and Supplies.
United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
United States--Politics and government.
United States.
United States--Politics and government.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Biography.
History.
Medicine--History. --United States
Power (Social sciences)--History. --United States
E687.9 / .M55 2011
973.8/4092
WZ 313 / M645d 2011