More Ways to Watch Features Clip Presidential Protections When Lincoln. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic brings alive a forgotten chapter of U.S. Murder of a President is based on Candice Millards bestselling and Edgar Award-winning book, Destiny of the Republic.

Garfield survived the attack, but become the object of bitter, behind-the-scenes struggles for power-over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. I found myself, however, comparing this to the wonderfully written historical non-fiction books of Erik Larsen and it came up short.

But four months after Garfield's inauguration in 1881, he was shot in the back by a deranged office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. About the Book The extraordinary New York Times-bestselling account of James Garfields rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic. The book is very well researched and the author goes to great lengths to sculpt a story around what historical recordings there are of that time. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, a renowned congressman, and a reluctant presidential candidate who took on the nation's corrupt political establishment. James Abram Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. The extraordinary account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author of The River of Doubt.

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