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Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.

Author Millard, Candice.

ImprintNew York : Anchor Books, 2012.

Description398 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.

Note: GeneralOriginally published: New York : Doubleday, 2011.

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.

ISBN:9780767929714 (pbk.)

ISBN:0767929713 (pbk.)

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Millard, Candice.
Subject: Personal Name
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Subject: Geographic Name
United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885.