{"product_id":"9780385526265","title":"Destiny of the Republic A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President - Millard, Candice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eDestiny of the Republic A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President\u003c\/u\u003e by Millard, Candice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover with Dust Jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Doubleday, 2011\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames 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.\n\n \n\n But the shot didn't kill Garfield. The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil. 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. A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect. As his condition worsened, Garfield received help: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, worked around the clock to invent a new device capable of finding the bullet.\n\n \n\n Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic will stand alongside The Devil in the White City and The Professor and the Madman as a classic of narrative history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doubleday, 2011","offers":[{"title":"Destiny of the Republic A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President \/ Very Good","offer_id":53250719187236,"sku":"9780385526265VG","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_d0a12d9b-d4d2-453b-b7b8-8609f2e20a51.jpg?v=1781792879","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780385526265","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}