The Story of President Garfield - Audio Book

We listened to this audio book while commuting a few years ago. It starts a little slow BUT hang in - it is one of the most interesting stories that leaves you respecting President Garfield to the same degree as President Washington, President Adams, and President Lincoln. He wanted to return the U.S. to the gold standard after the Civil War but there is no evidence this is the indirect or direct cause of his assassination.  However, it is the authors skill to weave historical accuracy into a well written account of events. We believe the heartbreaking actions and characters, who either assist President Garfield or lead to his eventual death; culminates with your emotional connection with and investment into the story.  

 It's an online listen so you don't have to invest in any new equipment if you already receive audio through your device. The price is discounted for two weeks - Destiny of The Republic

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PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION

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 didn’t kill Garfield. The drama of what hap­pened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in tur­moil. 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. 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.

Total Run Time: 10 hours.less

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