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See more books from this Author...the overwhelmed Arthur and larger portraits of the truly impressive Garfield and the thoroughly insane Guiteau make for compulsive reading.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta... | See more reviews from KirkusThough Garfield’s death had little historical significance, Millard has written us a penetrating human tragedy.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta... | See more reviews from NY TimesMs. Millard shows the Garfield legacy to be much more important than most of her readers knew it to be.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta... | See more reviews from NY TimesDestiny of the Republic reads like a novel, an exciting page turner which will keep you wanting for more.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta... | See more reviews from Blog Critics...Candice Millard leaves us feeling that Garfield's assassination deprived the nation not only of a remarkably humble and intellectually gifted man but one who perhaps bore the seeds of greatness.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta... | See more reviews from WSJ online...Millard has crafted a fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most dramatic days in U.S. presidential history.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta...It is a fascinating look into a period of neglected American history.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta...Millard succeeds in moving James Garfield from the back of a “Trivial Pursuit” card to his proper place in our minds as a great American
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta...The story is a natural for narrative history. Millard has created a readable and colorful account.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta...Millard's sympathetic portrayal of Garfield leaves the reader wondering what might have been had he lived.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta......so one sets down Destiny of the Republic entranced by Millard’s considerable narrative powers and...a little saddened by the death of a remarkable man
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta...Candice Millard confronts this wrenching presidential episode with unerring depth and clarity.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta...Millard pulls several narrative strings together with great skill.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta...This wonderful book reminds us that our 20th president was neither a minor nor merely a tragic figure, but rather an extraordinary one.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta...“Destiny of the Republic” will probably be the last word on the Garfield assassination.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta...Perhaps the greatest service rendered in this book is its success in reanimating the buoyant personality and thoughtful demeanor of a man who seemed bound to become one of America's finest presidents.
Read Full Review of Destiny of the Republic: A Ta......she manages to present a compelling, tense work of history, a book that has the potential to cross over in the way that Manhunt and Devil in the White City did.
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