Candice Millard

For most of Americans, the assassination of President James A. Garfield was a footnote in history. But Candice Millard, our guest this hour, says it cost the nation a truly extraordinary man - a brilliant scholar and popular war hero whose lingering death after 200 days in office overwhelmed America with grief. Candice Millard is the author of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President. (REBROADCAST)

For most of Americans, the assassination of President James A. Garfield was a footnote in history. But Candice Millard, our guest this hour, says it cost the nation a truly extraordinary man – a brilliant scholar and popular war hero whose lingering death after 200 days in office overwhelmed America with grief. Candice Millard is the author of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President.