Bibliograph

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

Type

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Destiny of the Republic

Medium

text large print

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

759491855

Responsibility statement

Candice Millard

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print biography

Sub title

a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

Classification