Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president /
Candice Millard.
- First edition
- x, 319 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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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