Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
Destiny of the Republic brings to life the exceptional character of James Garfield and his unfinished presidency. In July 1881 he was wounded when Charles Guiteau fired two shots at him in the Washington D.C. train depot. Millard interweaves the story of the little-known president, his unhinged assassin, and the scientific intensity of Alexander Graham Bell, who labored to invent an apparatus that would locate the bullet and save Garfield's life. The most eye-opening facet of this richly-detailed story is the archaic medical treatment that eventually killed the President.
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