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

Millard, Candice.

Large Print 2012

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.

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ISBN:

9781594136146

Edition:

Large print ed

Description:

623 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits. ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Prologue: Chosen
Part One: Promise. The scientific spirit
Providence
"A beam in darkness"
God's minute man
Bleak mountain
Part Two: War. Hand and soul
Real Brutuses and Bolingbrokes
Brains, flesh, and blood
Casus belli
The dark dreams of presidents
"A desperate deed"
Part Three: Fear. "Thank God it is all over"
"It's true"
All evil consequences
Blood-guilty
Part Four: 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
Epilogue: Forever and forever more

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921737

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