![]() After the election, Guiteau moved to Washington to seek a job with the new administration. The second section of the book, entitled “War,” is about the first months of Garfield’s presidency in 1881 Guiteau’s virtual stalking of him in Washington, DC and the events of July 2, when Guiteau shoots Garfield. In Chapter 4, we learn of Charles Guiteau’s early life and career, and the events that led him to be drawn to the presidential election of 1880, while Chapter 5 discusses the election itself, which Garfield won. In Chapter 3, Millard relates the events of the Republican National Convention in 1880, which Garfield attended to nominate someone else but which he left as the nominee himself. Chapter 2 tells of Garfield’s childhood, education, and early career as an educator, politician, and Civil War hero. Bell had invented the telephone, and Lister had devised a method of sterilization to prevent infection during surgery. Garfield and his family attended as visitors, while Bell and Lister presented their innovations and ideas. ![]() The first chapter is about the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, introducing Garfield, Alexander Graham Bell, and Joseph Lister–three men whose lives would intersect years later. The first section, entitled “Promise,” provides the necessary background of all the individuals who play a role in the story. ![]() ![]() Destiny of the Republic, a nonfiction book written by Candice Millard in 2011, tells the story of President James Garfield’s death in 1881 after being shot by Charles Guiteau. ![]()
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