📖 peek insideDestiny of the Republic
by Candice Millard
This gripping narrative follows the extraordinary life of James A. Garfield, a brilliant man who rose from poverty to the presidency, only to be targeted by a deranged assassin. Millard masterfully weaves together the political intrigue of the Gilded Age, the tragic medical malpractice that followed the shooting, and Alexander Graham Bell's desperate race to save the president. It is a haunting tale of what might have been, highlighting a forgotten era of American history and the resilience of a nation.
A popular book with millions of readers worldwide.
Notable Quotes
"Garfield's shooting had also revealed to the American people how vulnerable they were. In the little more than a century since its inception, the United States had become a powerful and respected country. Yet Americans suddenly realized that they still had no real control over their own fate. Not only could they not prevent a tragedy of such magnitude, they couldn't even anticipate it. The course of their lives could be changed in an instant, by a man who did not even understand what he had done."
"If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old. JAMES A. GARFIELD"
"She (the First Lady, entering the room with her gravely wounded husband) would admit fear but not despair."
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