This month’s Book Club selection will feature a non-fiction title by Candice Millard titled “Destiny of a Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the murder of a President”.
James Abram 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, a renowned congressman, and a reluctant presidential candidate who took on the nation’s corrupt political establishment.
But four months after Garfield’s inauguration in 1881, he was shot in the back by a deranged office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. Garfield survived the attack, but become the object of bitter, behind-the-scenes struggles for power—over his administration, over the nation’s future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care.
The Destiny of the Republic brings alive a forgotten chapter of U.S. history
We will gather on September 16th a.t 2 p.m. to share thoughts on this book. Hope to see you there
