destiny of the republic by candice millard

A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect. The unhinged assassin’s half-delivered strike shattered the fragile national mood of a country so recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president as the object of a bitter behind-the-scenes struggle for power-over his administration, over the nation’s future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care.

The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back.īut the shot didn’t kill Garfield. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Garfield may have been the most extraordinary man ever elected president. Destiny of the Republic - excerpt from NPR.James A.Destiny of the Republic - on Goodreads.Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. ^ a b 'Candice Millard Wins 2017 BIO Award'.^ 'Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction – Longlist 2012' (PDF).' 'DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President,' by Candice Millard'.

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PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction.

Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2012).

Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2012).

The book went on to win the following awards: ĭel Quentin Wilber of The Washington Post said of the book, 'Millard has crafted a fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most dramatic days in U.S. Millard's book received positive reviews upon publishing by organizations such as The New York Times, The Washington Times, and The Seattle Times. Published by Doubleday (an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, owned by Random House ) on 20 September 2011, it later went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime in 2012. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a Presidentĭestiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President is a 2011 book by Candice Millard covering the life and assassination of James A.

Destiny of the republic by candice millard