Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president
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Published
New York : Doubleday, c2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 339 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Status
Moab Library - Adult Non-fiction Book
973.8 MIL
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Bell, Alexander Graham, -- 1847-1922.
Garfield, James A. -- (James Abram), -- 1831-1881 -- Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, -- 1841-1882.
Medical instruments and apparatus -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885.
Garfield, James A. -- (James Abram), -- 1831-1881 -- Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles Julius, -- 1841-1882.
Medical instruments and apparatus -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Medicine -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885.
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Published
New York : Doubleday, c2011.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.
Description
James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back. But the shot didn’t kill Garfield. The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. The unhinged assassin’s half-delivered strike shattered the fragile national mood of a country so recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president as the object of a bitter behind-the-scenes struggle for power—over his administration, over the nation’s future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect. As his condition worsened, Garfield received help: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, worked around the clock to invent a new device capable of finding the bullet. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic will stand alongside The Devil in the White City and The Professor and the Madman as a classic of narrative history.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Millard, C. (2011). Destiny of the republic: a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president . Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Millard, Candice. 2011. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Millard, Candice. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President Doubleday, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Millard, Candice. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President Doubleday, 2011.
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