Tuesday October 4, 12 - 1 pm: Destiny of the Republic

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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.