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Destiny of the Republic (Large Print Edition)

Destiny of the Republic (Large Print Edition)

Millard, Candice

Paperback

Presidents & Heads of StateMedical Reference19th Century United States History

Publisher Price: $33.00

ISBN10: 1594136149
ISBN13: 9781594136146
Publisher: Gale, a Cengage Company
Published: Oct 2 2012
Pages: 597
Weight: 1.65
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

The extraordinary New York Times-bestselling account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from bestselling author of The River of Doubt, Candice Millard.
For a man forced into the presidency, the legacy of James Garfield extended far beyond his lifetime, and Destiny of the Republic revisits his meteoric rise within the military and government with meticulous research and intimate focus. Garfield was a passionate advocate of freed slaves, a reformer at odds with Republican power brokers and machine politics, a devoted father, and a spellbinding speech-giver. Four months after taking office he was shot twice by an unhinged office-seeker, Charles Guiteau, and a nation already recently fractured by war shattered, leaving the wounded president at the center of a bitter, behind-the-scenes struggle for power. Examining the medical reform spurred by Garfield's unsanitary medical treatment, and reflecting on the surprising political reform brought on by his former political enemy Senator Roscoe Conkling, Destiny of the Republic passionately brings President Garfield's unknown-but-widely-felt legacy into focus.

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