The Resource Destiny of the Republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, Candice Millard
Destiny of the Republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, Candice Millard
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- Summary
- 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 an admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he fought the corrupt political establishment. Then, four months after his inauguration, a deranged office-seeker shot him in the back. But the shot didn't kill him. What happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. The event 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 struggle for power--over his administration, over the nation's future, and 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 worked around the clock to invent a new device to find the bullet.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 339 p., [16] p. of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue: Chosen
- Promise
- The scientific spirit
- Providence
- "A beam in darkness"
- God's minute man
- 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
- 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
- Forever and forever more
- Isbn
- 9780385526265
- Label
- Destiny of the Republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president
- Title
- Destiny of the Republic
- Title remainder
- a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president
- Statement of responsibility
- Candice Millard
- Subject
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- Garfield, James A., (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Medical care
- Guiteau, Charles J., (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
- Garfield, James A., (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination
- Presidents -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885
- Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 an admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he fought the corrupt political establishment. Then, four months after his inauguration, a deranged office-seeker shot him in the back. But the shot didn't kill him. What happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. The event 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 struggle for power--over his administration, over the nation's future, and 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 worked around the clock to invent a new device to find the bullet.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Millard, Candice
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E687.9
- LC item number
- .M55 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Garfield, James A.
- Garfield, James A.
- Guiteau, Charles J.
- Presidents
- Presidents
- Medicine
- Medical instruments and apparatus
- Political culture
- Power (Social sciences)
- United States
- Label
- Destiny of the Republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, Candice Millard
- Contents
- Prologue: Chosen -- Promise -- The scientific spirit -- Providence -- "A beam in darkness" -- God's minute man -- 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 -- 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 -- Forever and forever more
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 339 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385526265
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn694832891
- Label
- Destiny of the Republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, Candice Millard
- Contents
- Prologue: Chosen -- Promise -- The scientific spirit -- Providence -- "A beam in darkness" -- God's minute man -- 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 -- 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 -- Forever and forever more
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 339 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385526265
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn694832891
Subject
- Garfield, James A., (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Medical care
- Guiteau, Charles J., (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
- Garfield, James A., (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Assassination
- Presidents -- Medical care -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885
- Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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