Murdering the president : Alexander Graham Bell and the race to save James Garfield /

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Shortly after being elected president of the United States, James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau. But contrary to what is written in most history books, Garfield didn't linger and die. He survived. Alexander Graham Bell raced against time to invent the world's first metal detector to...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosen, Fred (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Temas:
Garfield, James A. > (James Abram), > 1831-1881 > Death and burial.
Garfield, James A. > (James Abram), > 1831-1881 > Assassination.
Bell, Alexander Graham, > 1847-1922.
Bliss, Doctor Willard, > 1825-1889.
Bliss, Willard, > 1825-1889.
Bliss, Doctor Willard, > 1825-1889
Bell, Alexander Graham, > 1847-1922
Garfield, James A. > (James Abram), > 1831-1881
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Death and burial of a person
Assassination
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  • Prologue: the Rainbow City
  • 101 circumstances have led me into both callings
  • First fruit
  • I am greatly perplexed on the question of duty
  • The men of the 3rd Infantry were not receiving the best of medical care
  • To lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game
  • I probably should not have kept attacking
  • Why don't you plant flower seeds?
  • It will indeed be a day of blood
  • The Republican majority in Congress is very small
  • Hands up!
  • God reigns, and the government at Washington still lives!
  • You don't really feel you are going into the backwoods, do you?
  • The Dr. declares that the minister does not own an acre of land there
  • Be always sure you are right, then go ahead
  • We should not speak of love
  • Aye there's the rub
  • Mr. President, are you badly hurt?
  • It was a time of intense excitement and painful suspense
  • Science should be able to discover some less barbarous method of exploration
  • Papa has gone to make poor Mr. Garfield well
  • She excites in me the fire of lawless passion
  • Feeding per rectum
  • We were enabled ... to use specially prepared blood
  • Mr. President ... you are getting out of the woods
  • The bullet was not in any part of the area explored!
  • I think the doctors did the work
  • I am not guilty of the charge set forth in the indictment
  • Epilogue: over the Rainbow City.

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