Book review destiny of the republic5/22/2023 The unhinged assassin's 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 power-over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. The drama of what hapÂpened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in turÂmoil. But four months after his inauguration, a deranged office seeker tracked Garfield down and shot him in the back. Nominated for president against his will, he engaged in a fierce battle with the corrupt political establishment. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, and a renowned and admired reformist congressman. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard James A.
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