The Destiny of the Republic : a Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President - Millard, Candice (New York : Doubleday, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index.
Keywords: Garfield, James A -- 1831-1881 -- Assassination; Guiteau, Charles J -- 1841-1882; Bell, Alexander Graham, -- 1847-1922; Presidents -- Biography -- United States; Presidents -- Medical care -- 19th century -- United States; Medicine -- History -- 19th century -- United States; Medical instruments and apparatus -- History -- 19th century -- United States; Political culture -- History -- 19th century -- United States; Power (Social sciences) -- History -- 19th century -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1881-1885