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Destiny of the Republic

A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Destiny of the Republic( )
Author: Millard, Candice
ISBN:978-0-385-52626-5
Publication Date:Sep 2011
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Doubleday
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $32.50
Book Description:

James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back. But the shot didn't kill Garfield....
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Author Biography
Millard, Candice (Author)
Candice Millard is a former writer and editor for National Geographic magazine.

Millard's first book, The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, was a New York Times bestseller and was named one of the best books of the year by a number of publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Christian Science Monitor. The River of Doubt was also a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and a Book Sense Pick, was a finalist for the Quill Awards, and won the William Rockhill Nelson Award.

Millard's second book, The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine & the Murder of a President, was released in September 2011.

Millard's book, Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill, made the New York Times Bestseller list in 2016.

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