Additional Resources 2012

Additional Resources for Destiny of the Republic:

• About the Book
• Reviews of Destiny of the Republic
• Excerpts from Destiny of the Republic
• About the Author – Candice Millard
• Interviews with Candice Millard
• Reading Group Discussion Guides
• Other Cities Reading Destiny of the Republic
• If You Liked Destiny of the Republic, You Might Like …
• What Other Communities Are Reading

Additional related resources for the themes of this novel:

• Madness
• Medicine
• The Murder of a President

Want a basic description, or just some general information about Destiny of the Republic? You can find it at these sites:

• Publisher’s information
  • Official Random House site for this book
• Destiny of the Republic on Google Books

• Watch a promotional trailer about the book from the publisher (above)

Watch the City 5 TV “City Focus” episode hosted by Diane Gonzales, as she discusses Destiny of the Republic with librarians Layne Pierce, Lisa Voss, Scott Clark and Marcy Graybill. [Video-on-Demand — also airing on Channel 5 on Time Warner Cable locally]

Want to read a sample from Destiny of the Republic first? Only sections of Chapter 10 have been made available by the publisher for posting to online venues. Visit one of the following sites:

• Excerpt of Chapter 10 on NPR
• Excerpt of Chapter 10
• Chapter 10 from the Random House website

On-Line Critical Reviews of Destiny of the Republic

Connect to the following on-line reviews of Destiny of the Republic, by professional critics:

• Amazon.com
  • Reviews from Literary Critics
  • Customer Reviews
• BarnesandNoble.com
  • Several Critical and Customer Reviews
• Multiple reviews on GoodReads.com
• Multiple reviews on LibraryThing.com
• Kirkus Reviews, Jul 1 2011
• New York Times, Janet Maslin, Sep 11 2011
• Wall Street Journal, Fergus M. Bordwich, Sep 27 2011
• New York Times, Kevin Baker, Sep 30 2011
• The Daily Beast, Kirk Davis Swinehart, Oct 19 2011
• CBS Sunday Morning, Jul 5 2012

Learn more about the author Candice Millard at the following sites:

• Candice Millard’s official web site
• Biography on the Random House web site
• Wikipedia page on Candice Millard

Interested in reading (or listening to, or watching) some interviews with Candice Millard? The following list of links will take you to several print, video or audio interviews she has participated in, covering this book, Destiny of the Republic.

• 50 minute audio interview on The Diane Rehm Show [Sep 19 2011]
• 8+ minute audio interview on NPR’s All Things Considered [Oct 15 2011]
• 10 minute video presentation by Millard on Book TV [Nov 7 2011]
• Profile/Interview of Candice Millard on Biographile [Jul 27 2012] [site no longer active]
• Interview on Bloomburg.com [Aug 3 2012]

Are you leading a book group for Destiny of the Republic but need some good topics to get the discussions going? Or are you looking for an opportunity to gather with other readers and discuss this book?

• Official Discussion Questions
• Schedule of Discussion Opportunities
• Schedule of Special Programs and Events

• LitLovers
  • Background info and discussion questions

The Topics and Themes of the Book

You’ll find articles about the various themes and subjects of Destiny of the Republic, in the following subscription databases available here through the libraries’ “Research Resources.” Have your library card # and PIN (personal identification number, a.k.a. “password”) handy to log into these databases:

• Magazine Article Search (combines EBSCO Masterfile Premier and Wilson OmniFile)  — full-text magazine articles
• eLibrary — articles from selected magazines, newspapers, books, and radio and TV broadcasts
• Wilson Biography Reference Bank — full-text magazine articles
• History Reference eBooks — numerous history-related texts

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subject of Madness, one of the topical themes of Destiny of the Republic:

• The Insanity Plea by William J. Winslade [345.07 Win] [1983]
• Crime and Madness: The Origins and Evolution of the Insanity Defense by Thomas Maeder [345.07 Mae] [1985]
• Law, Liberty and Psychiatry: An Inquiry into the Social Uses of Mental Health Practices by Thomas Szasz [345.07 Sza] [1989]
• The Mad, the Bad and the Innocent: The Criminal Mind on Trial by Barbara Kirwin [614.1 Kir] [1997]
• The Insanity Offense: How America’s Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers its Citizens by E. Fuller Torrey [362.2 Tor] [2008]
• There are many, many more books in the libraries’ collection related to the the insanity defense…do a subject search for “Insanity Jurisprudence”

Here are some selected web sites related to the subject of madness and the Insanity Defense, one of the topical themes of Destiny of the Republic:

• Wikiepedia article on The Insanity Defense
• Collection of articles on Google Scholar about the Insanity Defense
• The Insanity Defense: A Closer Look by John P. Martin, Washingtonpost.com
• From Daniel M’Naughten to John Hinkley: A Brief History of the Insanity Defense, a background page for PBS’s Frontline
• Debating the Insanity Defense, on the Psychology Today website
• Wikipedia article on Charles Guiteau
• Crimelibrary entry on Charles Guiteau
• A history of the trial of Charles Guiteau

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subject of Medicine — specifically developments in medcine that resulted from the mistreatment of President James Garfield, one of the topical themes of Destiny of the Republic:

• Doctors: The Biography of Medicine by Sherwin B. Nuland [610.9 Nul] [1989]
• Milestones of Medicine by Readers Digest [610.9 qMil] [2000]
• The Illustrated History of Medicine by Jean-Charles Sournia [610.9 qSou] [1992]
• Great Feuds in Medicine: 10 of the Liveliest Disputes Ever by Hal Hellman [610.9 Hel] [2001]
• Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine by Roy Porter [610.9 Por] [2002]
• Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American Medicine by Ira M. Rutkow [973.775 Rut] [2005]
• Western Medicine: An Illustrated History by Irvine Loudon [610.9 Wes] [1997]
• There are many, many more books in the libraries’ collection related to the culture and history of India…do a subject search for “Medicine – History”

Here are some selected web sites related to the subject of Medicine — specifically developments in medcine that resulted from the mistreatment of President James Garfield, one of the topical themes of Destiny of the Republic:

• A history of aseptic technique
• Wikipedia article on Sterlization (microbiology)
• Wikipedia article on Willard Bliss, Garfield’s lead doctor
• Medical ads of 1896

Here are some books in the Lincoln City Libraries collection related to the subject of James Garfield, Politics of the late 1800s, and Presidential Assassinations, some of the topical themes of Destiny of the Republic:

• Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell [917.3 Vow] [2005]
• James A. Garfield: His Life and Times: A Pictorial History by Richard L. McElroy [B qG18m] [1986]
• James A. Garfield by Ira M. Rutkow [B G18r] [2006]
• Garfield: A Biography by Allan Peskin [B G18p] [1978]
• Garfield of Ohio: The Available Man by John M. Taylor [B G18t] [1970]
• Political Murder: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism by Franklin L. Ford [364.152 For] [1985]
• Encyclopedia of Assassinations by Carl Sifakis [364.152 qSif] [1991 and 2001]
• In the Crosshairs: Famous Assassinations and Attempts, from Julius Caesar to John Lennon by Stephen J. Spignesi [364.152 Spi] [2003]
• Assassinations: History’s Most Shocking Moments of Murder, Betrayal and Madness by R.G. Grant [364.152 qGra] [2004]
• The President Has Been Shot: True Stories of Attacks on 10 United States Presidents by Rebecca C. Jones [j364.152 Jon] [1996]
• There are many, many more books in the libraries’ collection related to the culture and history of India…do a subject search for “James Garfield”, “Presidential Assassinations” or “Politics”

Here are some selected web sites related to the subject of the assassination of James A. Garfield, one of the topical themes of Destiny of the Republic:

• Wikipedia article on the assassination of James A. Garfield
• An index of news about James A. Garfield, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times
• The Charles Guiteau trial
• The Death of President James A. Garfield, 1881 on eyewitnesstohistory.com
• James Garfield’s Presidency on History.com
• Detailed Profile of Charles Julius Guiteau
• Wikipedia article on Charles J. Guiteau
• James A. Garfield timeline (no longer available)

Book Clubs or Other Programs The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, appears to be the first city to use Destiny of the Republic as a citywide reading project. If we find any others, or even any regional reading groups that have used this book and have made electronic resources available, we will post that information here…

If You Enjoyed Reading Destiny of the Republic, You Might Also Like:

• River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard [Biography Roosevelt] [2005]
• Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell [917.3 Vow] [1997]
• James A. Garfield by Ira Rutkow
• Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield by Kenneth Ackerman
• Midnight Rising by Tony Horwitz
• The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller
• The March by E.L. Doctorow [fiction]

What Other Communities Are Reading

One Book Reading Promotion Projects (Library of Congress Center for the Book)

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