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- The destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president / by Millard, Candice.(CARDINAL)472295;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index.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.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.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882.; Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.; Presidents; Presidents; Medicine; Medical instruments and apparatus; Political culture; Power (Social sciences);
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- Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / by Millard, Candice,author.(CARDINAL)472295;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-382) and index.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.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.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882.; Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.; Presidents; Presidents; Medicine; Medical instruments and apparatus; Political culture; Power (Social sciences);
- Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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- Destiny of the republic [large print] : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / by Millard, Candice,author.(CARDINAL)472295;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-622).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.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.
- Subjects: Large print books.; Biographies.; Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882.; Medical instruments and apparatus; Medicine; Political culture; Power (Social sciences); Presidents; Presidents;
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- Destiny of the republic [large print] a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president / by Millard, Candice.(CARDINAL)472295;
Includes bibliographical references.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.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.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Large print books.; Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882.; Medical instruments and apparatus; Medicine; Political culture; Power (Social sciences); Presidents; Presidents;
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- Destiny of the Republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president / by Millard, Candice.(CARDINAL)472295;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Candice Millard chronicles the life of President James A. Garfield, from his upbringing to his untimely death. Garfield's short time in office was devoted to cleaning up the corruption that was rife in a country still reeling from the Civil War. However, everything changed when Garfield was shot in the back by a disgruntled office worker. While the president's health slowly declined, a power struggle erupted over control of the administration, and the country's fate hung in the balance.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881; Guiteau, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1841-1882.; Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.; Presidents; Presidents; Medicine; Medical instruments and apparatus; Political culture; Power (Social sciences);
- Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 17
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- Scientific and medical robots / by Hyland, Tony.(CARDINAL)476766;
Robots -- Robots in the laboratory -- Blood testing and growing cells -- Robot research -- Robotic surgery -- Artificial limbs -- Robotic nurses -- Advances in robotic medicine -- Robotics research -- Artificial intelligence research -- Developing a humanoid robot -- Robot training -- Human or robot? -- Become a robotics expert.Accelerated Reader AR
- Subjects: Research; Robotics in medicine; Robotics; Scientific apparatus and instruments;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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