Destiny of the Republic

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
AuthorCandice Millard
Published2011
PublisherDoubleday
Pages339
AwardsEdgar Award for Best Fact Crime (2012)
ISBN978-0-385-52626-5
WebsiteDestiny of the Republic

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President is a 2011 nonfiction book by Candice Millard covering the life and assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, as well as his assassin, Charles J. Guiteau. Published by Doubleday (an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, owned by Random House) on 20 September 2011, it won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime in 2012.