called "destiny of the republic, a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president," by candace malardit's a wonderful read. okay, good. she is an excellent writer. if i were to read just one book on this topic, it would be this. obviously i used it, but i used a lot of other its, as well. but that would be the one book, again, there is no blue book exam after this. there's no assignment. a couple members of my book club are here today and we're not going to discuss it, but it would be the one book to take a look at. you don't often talk about garfield or people don't. and i re

by candace malard. it's a wonderful read. okay, good. she is an excellent writer. if i were to read just one book on this topic, it would be this. obviously i used it, but i used a lot of other its, as well. but that would be the one book, again, there is no book exam after this, no assignment. a couple members of my book club are here today and we're not going to discuss it, but it would be the one book to take a look at. you don't even talk about garfield or people don't. and i remember a conversation i had in 1988. i know exactly the year with then congressman dick gephardt who was running for president. and i knew dick quite well and i was chatting with him and i asked him, do you know the last member of the house who was elected from the house to become president? and he said no. i said let me give and you hint. do you know who the only member of the house elected straight from the house to be president? and he still said no. and i said garfield. and he said they shot him. and i said you're running for the job, i'm not. but garfield as we see in a brief period