Ebook: The destiny of the republic: a tale of medicine, madness & the murder of a president
- Tags: Assassination, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical instruments and apparatus--United States--History--19th century, Medicine, Political culture, Politics and government, Power (Social sciences), Power (Social sciences)--United States--History--19th century, Presidents, Presidents--Medical care--United States--History--19th century, Presidents--United States, Medicine--United States--History--19th century, Political culture--United States--History--19th century, Biographies, Biography, History, Garfield
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Doubleday
- City: New York;United States
- Edition: 1st ed
- Language: English
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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.;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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