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The Author of Destiny of the Republic is former writer and editor for National Geographic, Candice Millard. She was born in 1968 in the United States. After graduating from Baker University, Millard went on to receive her master’s degree in literature from Baylor University. Her first book, River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, was a New York Times bestseller. It was even named one of the best books of the year by various papers such a the Washington Post, New York Times, and San Francisco Chronicle to name a few. Currently, Millard resides in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband and their three children. James A Garfield was born to a poor family living in Ohio, and his father died when he was not even two years old. Garfield …show more content…

When he got there Garfield was angry with himself for not preparing the speech before he got there. He ended up giving a speech that was so powerfully and eloquently delivered that the convention hall fell dead silent. At the end of the speech he asked, “And now gentlemen of the Convention [...] I ask you, what do we want?” (Millard 45). Someone shouted, “We want Garfield!” (Millard 45), and the hall was filled with cheers. Garfield had no intention of ever running for president, but it was no use. When the votes for Grant and Blaine stayed at a deadlock for numerous ballots, people began voting for Garfield as a compromise nominee. By the end of the Convention, Garfield was the Republican candidate for the …show more content…

He shot him twice. The first bullet only grazed his arm, but the second went into his back. It missed his spinal cord and all vital organs so it was not a lethal wound. It did, however, became a lethal wound as soon as doctor after doctor stuck a finger in the wound to probe it. Without any authority to do so, one doctor, Dr. Bliss assumed control of Garfield’s medical care shooing away all the others. He did this because he believed if he could save Garfield, he would become famous and rich. The only problem was that he practiced the most traditional and dangerous medical practice. He avoided antisepsis (which could have saved Garfield’s life) and embraced the “good old surgical stink” which was the encrusted blood and pus on the surgical apron that was never washed which was a sign of

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