03914cam a2200577 4500 416483165 TxAuBib 20191208120000.0 111004s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385535007 electronic bk. 0385535007 electronic bk. B004J4X33O Amazon a03f157d-b427-46b2-9559-72eb7dd083d2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 552223 OverDrive (Product ID) 114423 114423 114423 (OCoLC)755762632 Y2A Y2A FN4 TEFOD T3N TxAuBib Millard, Candice. The destiny of the republic [Libby eBook] : a tale of medicine, madness and the murder of a president / Candice Millard. New York : Doubleday, 2011. 1 online resource (x, 319 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 6556kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index. 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. 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. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-01-30 20:00:02. Imported from MARC file. Garfield, James A James Abram 1831-1881 Assassination. Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882. Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922. Presidents United States Biography. Presidents Medical care United States History 19th century. Medicine United States History 19th century. Medical instruments and apparatus United States History 19th century. Political culture United States History 19th century. Power (Social sciences) United States History 19th century. United States Politics and government 1881-1885. Electronic books. http://www.ntexlibrariesonthego.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=A03F157D-B427-46B2-9559-72EB7DD083D2 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/A03/F15/7D/DestinyoftheRepublicATaleofMadnessMed9780385535007.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A03F157D-B427-46B2-9559-72EB7DD083D2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/A03/F15/7D/DestinyoftheRepublicATaleofMadnessMed9780385535007.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A03F157D-B427-46B2-9559-72EB7DD083D2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/A03/F15/7D/DestinyoftheRepublicATaleofMadnessMed9780385535007.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A03F157D-B427-46B2-9559-72EB7DD083D2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXMLR