The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.
| Author/creator |
Millard, Candice |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Doubleday, ©2011. |
| Description | x, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011001549 |
| ISBN | 9780385526265 |
| ISBN | 0385526261 |
| ISBN | 9780385535007 |
| ISBN | 0385535007 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | Special Collections Authors | E687.9 .M55 2011 | ✔ Available | Request Material |