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Candice Millard

Candice Millard Books

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Candice Millard is an American writer known for her historical题材 works. Born in 1968, she graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor's degree in History. Her writing focuses on historical figures and events, known for its engaging narrative and in-depth research.

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“Aware that there was talk of making him a candidate in the presidential election of 1880, Garfield hoped to avoid the grasp of other men's ambitions and to be given a chance to wait for the future. However, he had already lived a long life for a young man and he knew that change came without invitation. Too often bringing loss and sorrow in its wake. This world, he had learned long before, does not seem to be the place to carry out ones' wishes.”

Loss Sorrow Wishes

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“The author points out strikingly different reactions to calamity. While many passengers of a devastating shipwreck were thankful to be alive, future presidential assassin Charles Guiteau saw his being spared as proof of his exceptionalism rather than of the grace from which he benefited.”

Humility Grace Of God Sovereignty Of God

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“I so much despise a man who blows his own horn, that I go to the other extreme.”

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“Honor in the Dust is less about the freedom of the Philippines than the soul of the United States.”

Soul States United United States Honor Dust Philippines

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“With the Lincoln assassination, the South didnt feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.”

People Feels Parent Slave South Former Beloved Owners Immigrants Trusted Mourn Pioneers Assassination North And South Slave Owners Garfield

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“I have always been interested in the idea of self-reinvention.”

Ideas Self Reinvention Landscape Architecture

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“More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.”

Real Seems Life Is Novel Rich Pages Complexes Real Life Unpredictable

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“When I began work on my first book, The River of Doubt, which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelts 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and extraordinary courage.”

Firsts Book Stories Doubt Adventure Rivers Extraordinary Tales Exploration Amazon Descent Rainforest Theodore Amazon Rainforest

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“She (the First Lady, entering the room with her gravely wounded husband) would admit fear but not despair.”

Firsts Rooms Husband Despair Wounded Entering First Lady

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