Destiny of the republic a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president
Candice Millard
- 1st ed.
- X, 319 S., [8] Bl. Ill. 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index
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.
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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Garfield, James A 1831-1881 --Assassination Guiteau, Charles J 1841-1882 Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922
Presidents--Medical care--History--United States--19th century Medicine--History--United States--19th century Presidents--United States--Biography Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--19th century Political culture--History--United States--19th century Power (Social sciences)--History--United States--19th century