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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Millard, Candice
Titre(s) : Destiny of the republic [Texte imprimé] : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard
Publication : New York : Doubleday, c2011
Description matérielle : x, 339 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index
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
Sujet(s) : Garfield, James A. (1831-1881) -- Assassinat
Guiteau, Charles Julius (1841-1882)
Médecine -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1881-1885
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780385526265. - ISBN 0385526261. - ISBN 9780385535007. - ISBN 0385535007
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42629329x
Notice n° :
FRBNF42629329
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