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The destiny of the republic, a tale of medicine, madness & the murder of a president, Candice Millard

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The destiny of the republic, a tale of medicine, madness & the murder of a president, Candice Millard
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The destiny of the republic
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Candice Millard
Sub title
a tale of medicine, madness & the murder of a president
Table Of Contents
Prologue: Chose -- Promise -- The scientific spirit -- Providence -- A light in the wilderness -- God's minuteman -- Bleak mountain -- War -- Hand and soul -- Real Brutuses and Bolingbrokes -- Brains, flesh, and blood -- Casus belli -- The dark dreams of presidents -- "A desperate deed" -- Fear -- "Thank God it is all over" -- "It's true" -- All evil consequences -- Blood-guilty -- "The whole nation kin" -- Neither death nor life -- One nation -- Hope -- On a mountaintop, alone -- Terror, hope, and despair -- One : after all -- Two : all the angels of the universe -- The scientific spirit
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