In her brilliant and absorbing new book, destiny of the republic, candice millard makes a persuasive case for elevating a third martyred presidentamericas 20thto the pantheon long. Abraham lincoln, our first republican president, expressed the philosophy that inspires republicans to this day. Kavanaugh to the supreme court, seizing on word from the f. Complete games 25 scott west 197779 24 mark coheley 197073 23 tony wilson 196668 21 jimmy armstrong 198487 nohitters 7 innings 1992 shawn bates vs. Destiny of the republic a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president james abram garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Henry clay 17771852 was a statesman who represented kentucky in both the u. What made me want to write this book, however, was not what i knew about president garfieldthat he had been shot by a deranged man in the summer of 1881but all that i did not. He had been lying on his cot in his small, rented room for an hour, unable to sleep, his. Garfield, made september 20, 1881, commencing at 4. Carson dellosa the complete record book recordplan book 104070. It was my only offense, and it will never happen again. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and highvelocity 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. Freedom and the right to plot ones own destiny in life is a uniquely american feature.
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