Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780767929714
- ISBN: 0767929713
- Physical Description: 398 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st Anchor Books edition
- Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2012.
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-382) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Chosen -- Part One: Promise. The scientific spirit -- Providence -- "A beam in darkness" -- God's minute man -- Bleak mountain -- Part Two: War. Hand and soul -- Real Brutuses and Bolingbrokes -- Brains, flesh, and blood -- Casus belli -- The dark dreams of presidents -- "A desperate deed" -- Part Three: Fear. "Thank God it is all over" -- "It's true" -- All evil consequences -- Blood-guilty -- Part Four: Tortured for the Republic. Neither death nor life -- One nation -- "Keep heart" -- On a mountaintop, alone -- Terror, hope, and despair -- After all -- All the angels of the universe -- Epilogue: Forever and forever more. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | 973.8 MIL (Text) | 30229100945996 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
