Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president

Record details

ISBN: 1616577878
ISBN: 9781616577872
ISBN: 9781616577872 : PLA
ISBN: 1616577878 : PLA
Physical Description: 1 sound media player (approximately 10 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio : [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC, [2011], ℗2011.

General Note:	Title from Playaway label. "HDAUDIO." "Random House Audio"--Container. Release date supplied by publisher. Previously released by Random House, Inc., p2011. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Paul Michael.
Summary, etc.:	This fascinating true account of President James A. Garfield reveals how he rose from poverty to become a scholar, Civil War hero, and renowned congressman before being nominated for president against his will.