A forgotten President due to his short tenure Ms, Millard does American history writing a service in Destiny of the Republic in several ways:Rigorous researchShining a light on a sometimes neglected part of our historyProviding a terrific narrative arc.
Research: History writing gained steam In, when President James A, Garfield passed from this life, the entire nation was in mourning, Even though the wounds of the Civil War were still fresh in people's minds and thus made for a very divisive landscape, the attempt on Garfield's life brought America This is a delightfully engaging and readable book about a president and a time period that most of us probably have little knowledge of.
History education in schools seems to generally hit the American Revolution, the Civil War and the World Wards, but the "peacetimes" in Kindle edition When I was growing up in Southern California, there was a Garfield Boulevard and a Garfield High School in one of the nearby towns.
I remember asking my parents when I was about ten years old "who was Garfield," as the name was not familiar to me.
They told It is not easy for me to write a review of Destiny of the Republic that doesn't cover much of the ground that has already been noted in thereviews previously posted.
So let me contribute what little I can and avoid being repetitive, I've been an admirer of Just tremendous a well researched, well written gem on a story that deserves to be remembered.
I could hardly put it down, Besides the fascinating subject matter, the pacing and writing was so good that I just ordered another of Millard's books.
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James A, Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president, Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman.
Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment, But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back, But the shot didnt kill Garfield, The drama of what happened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turmoil, The unhinged assassins half delivered strike shattered the fragile national mood of a country so recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president as the object of a bitter behind the scenes struggle for powerover his administration, over the nations future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care.
A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect, As his condition worsened, Garfield received help: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the
telephone, worked around the clock to invent a new device capable of finding the bullet.
Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high velocity 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.
Candice Millard is the author of three books, all New York Times bestsellers and named one of the best books of the year by publications from the New York Times to the Washington Post.
Her first book, The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelts Darkest Journey, was a Barnes Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and a Book Sense Pick, won the William Rockhill Nelson Award and was a finalist for the Quill Awards.
It has been printed in Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese and Korean, as well as a British edition, Millards second book, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine the Murder of a President, won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, the PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction, the One Book One Lincoln Award, the Ohioana Award and the Kansas Notable Book Award.
Her most recent book, Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill, was an Indie Next pick, a top ten critics pick by the New York Times and named s number one history book of.
Millards work has also appeared in the New York Times Book , Washington Post Book World, the Guardian, National Geographic and Time magazine.
She lives in Kansas City with her husband and three children,
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