candice millard. [applause] >> -- thank you.thank you for the introduction and to all of you for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here, and it is a great honor to be able to speak at the james a. garfield national historic site. and i also wanted to say a particular thing to to the garfield family as well which has been incredibly kind and generous and helpful to me throughout this whole process. so thank you so much. at heart this book is not about politics or science or even the shooting of president. it's about an extraordinary trauma that took place inside the white house over more than two months. in the 130 years since garfield's death, his story has been largely forgotten. but even that claim, even though the entire nation, the entire world was watching, no one really understood what was happening. what began as a shooting became an incredible struggle for power and ambition. the result was the brutal death of one of our most promising leaders at the hands of his own physicians. this is an intimate heartbreaking story

candice millard. [applause] >> -- thank you. thank you for the introduction and to all of you for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here, and it is a great honor to be able to speak at the james a. garfield national historic site. and i also wanted to say a particular thing to to the garfield family as well which has been incredibly kind and generous and helpful to me throughout this whole process. so thank you so much. at heart this book is not about politics or science or even the shooting of president. it's about an extraordinary trauma that took place inside the white house over more than two months. in the 130 years since garfield's death, his story has been largely forgotten. but even that claim, even though the entire nation, the entire world was watching, no one really understood what was happening. what began as a shooting became an incredible struggle for power and ambition. the result was the brutal death of one of our most promising leaders at the hands of his own physicians. this is an intimate heartbreaking story