Millard, Candice. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780385526265 9780385535007 0385535007 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011001549 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.<br/>Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882. <br/>Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents--United States--Biography.<br/>Presidents--Medical care--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Medicine--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Political culture--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Power (Social sciences)--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E687.9  / .M55 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.8/4092