The destiny of the republic
Subtitle: a tale of medicine, madness and the murder of a president
By: Candice Millard
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780385526265; 9780385535007
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Presidents; Assassination; Medical care; Medical instruments and apparatus; Medicine; History; Biography; Power (Social sciences)
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Chosen; title: Part one : Promise.; title: The scientific spirit; title: Providence; title: A beam in the darkness; title: God's minute man; title: Bleak mountain; title: Part two : War.; title: Hand and soul; title: Real Brutuses and Bolingbrokes; title: Brains, flesh, and blood; title: Casus belli; title: The dark dreams of presidents; title: A desperate deed; title: Part three : Fear.; title: Thank God it is all over; title: It's true; title: All evil consequences; title: Blood-guilty; title: Part four : Tortured for the republic.; title: Neither death nor life; title: One nation; title: Keep heart; title: On a mountaintop, alone; title: Terror, hope, and despair; title: After all; title: All the angels of the universe; title: Epilogue : Forever and forever more