DestinyoftheRepublic

Also by Candice Millard The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey Copyright © 2011 by Candice Millard All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. www.doubleday.com DOUBLEDAY and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. This page–this page constitute an extension of this copyright page. Jacket design by John Fontana Jacket photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Millard, Candice. Destiny of the republic : a tale of madness, medicine, and the murder of a president / Candice Millard.—1st ed. p. cm. 1. Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831–1881—Assassination. 2. Presidents—United States—Biography. 3. Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841–1882. 4. Presidents—Medical care— United States—History— 19th century. 5. Medicine—United States—History—19th century. 6. Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847–1922. 7. Medical instruments and apparatus—United States—History—19th century. 8. United States—Politics an......