Destiny of the republic a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president Candice Millard

By:

Millard, Candice [aut]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York [u.a.] Doubleday c2011Edition: 1st edDescription: X, 319 S., [8] Bl. Ill. 25 cmContent type:

Text

Media type:

ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen

Carrier type:

Band

ISBN:

9780385526265

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

973.8/4092 22

LOC classification:

E687.9

Other classification:

7,26
NP 6060
15.87

Contents:

Summary: 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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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
single unit book	HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 2nd floor – Closed Collection	E (Executive)	E:E687.9 .M55 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		2023-1559

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.

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