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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | James A Garfield; Charles Julius Guiteau; Alexander Graham Bell; James A Garfield; Charles Julius Guiteau; Alexander Graham Bell; Doctor Willard Bliss; James A Garfield; Charles Julius Guiteau; Alexander Graham Bell |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Candice Millard |
| ISBN: | 9780385526265 0385526261 9780385535007 0385535007 |
| OCLC Number: | 700205578 |
| Description: | x, 339 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | Candice Millard. |
| Local System Bib Number: | ocn700205578 |
Abstract:
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.
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