The Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Medicine, Madness and the Murder of a President
New York : Doubleday, [2011]
Format: Ebook
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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.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885.
ISBN:
9780385535007
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.