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The Resource The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, Candice Millard

The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, Candice Millard

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
x, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
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
Isbn
9780385526265
Instance
Label
The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president
Title
The destiny of the republic
Title remainder
a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president
Statement of responsibility
Candice Millard
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Writing style
Award
  • ALA Notable Book, 2012.
  • Booklist Editors' Choice, 2011.
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime, 2012.
  • New York Times Notable Book, 2011.
Biography type
contains biographical information
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10012132
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Millard, Candice
Dewey number
973.8/4092
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
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/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Garfield, James A.
  • Presidents
  • Guiteau, Charles J.
  • Presidents
  • Medicine
  • Bell, Alexander Graham
  • Medical instruments and apparatus
  • United States
  • Political culture
  • Power (Social sciences)
  • Garfield, James A.
  • Presidents
  • Guiteau, Charles Julius
  • Presidents
  • Medicine
  • Bell, Alexander Graham
  • United States
  • Power (Social sciences)
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a President
Label
The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, Candice Millard
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
x, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780385526265
Lccn
2011001549
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)700205578
Label
The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president, Candice Millard
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
x, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780385526265
Lccn
2011001549
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)700205578

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