The destiny of the republic : a tale of medicine, madness and the murder of a president /
Millard, Candice.
The destiny of the republic : a tale of medicine, madness and the murder of a president / Candice Millard. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2011. - x, 319 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.
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.
9780385526265 9780385535007 0385535007
2011001549
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
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.
United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
E687.9 / .M55 2011
973.8/4092
The destiny of the republic : a tale of medicine, madness and the murder of a president / Candice Millard. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2011. - x, 319 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.
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.
9780385526265 9780385535007 0385535007
2011001549
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
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.
United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
E687.9 / .M55 2011
973.8/4092