Bibliograph

Destiny of the Republic, [a tale of medicine, madness & the murder of a president], Candice Millard

Type

Label

Destiny of the Republic, [a tale of medicine, madness & the murder of a president], Candice Millard

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

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Literary text for sound recordings

history

Main title

Destiny of the Republic

Medium

sound recording

Music parts

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Oclc number

733092041

Responsibility statement

Candice Millard

Sub title

[a tale of medicine, madness & 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

Transposition and arrangement

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