The destiny of the republic : a tale of medicine, madness and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.
Publication details: New York : Doubleday, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 319 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780385526265
- 9780385535007
- 0385535007
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882
- Presidents -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
- Medical instruments and apparatus -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- 973.8/4092 22
- E687.9 .M55 2011
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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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