Description: NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The extraordinary account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author of The River of Doubt."Crisp, concise and revealing history.... A fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most dramatic days in U.S. presidential history." -The Washington Post James Abram 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, a renowned congressman, and a reluctant presidential candidate who took on the nation's corrupt political establishment. But four months after Garfield's inauguration in 1881, he was shot in the back by a deranged office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. Garfield survived the attack, but become the object of bitter, behind-the-scenes struggles for power-over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic brings alive a forgotten chapter of U.S. history.Look for Candice Millard's latest book, River of the Gods.
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EAN: 9780767929714
UPC: 9780767929714
ISBN: 9780767929714
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Book Title: Destiny of the Republic : a Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2012
Topic: Murder / General, United States / 19th Century, Instruments & Supplies, Social History, General, Presidents & Heads of State, Sociology / Social Theory, United States / General, Science & Technology
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Medical, History
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Author: Candice Millard
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
