Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.
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TextPublisher: New York : DoubledayCopyright date: ©2011Edition: First editionDescription: x, 319 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- General
- 9780385526265
- Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 (James Abram), -- Assassination
- Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882
- Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination
- Guiteau, 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) -- History -- United States -- 19th century
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- Medical care -- History
- Medicine -- United States -- History
- Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885
- United States -- Politics and government
- 973.8/4092 22
- 973.8 14
- E687.9 .M55 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.
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.
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