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The destiny of the republic : a tale of medicine, madness and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.

By: Publication details: New York : Doubleday, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 319 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780385526265
  • 9780385535007
  • 0385535007
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.8/4092 22
LOC classification:
  • E687.9 .M55 2011
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks E687.9 .M55 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001099166

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.

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