Millard, Candice

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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Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922


Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Medical care--History--United States--19th century.
Medicine--History--United States--19th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--19th century.
Political culture--History--United States--19th century.
Power (Social sciences)--History--United States--19th century.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Medical care--History.
Medicine--History.--United States
Power (Social sciences)--History.--United States


United States--Politics and government--1881-1885.
United States--Politics and government.

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