Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

by Candice Millard

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385526261
• ISBN13: 9780385526265
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent, l Learned Something

This book explores Jame's Garfield's rise to the Presidency and the deepening insanity of the man who shot him. Also how the shooting caused a bad politician, Chester Arthur, to want to be a good President. It lets the reader decide if the man who shot him was truly insane and if the man who ultimately killed him was guilty of a crime.