![]() | Murdering the President: Alexander Graham Bell and the Race to Save James Garfield Subjects: Garfield James A. (James Abram) 1831–1881 -- Death and burial; Garfield James A. (James Abram) 1831–1881 -- Assassination; Bell Alexander Graham 1847–1922; Bliss Willard 1825–1889; Shortly after being elected president of the United States, James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau. But contrary to what is written in most history books, Garfield didn't linger and die. He survived. Alexander Graham Bell raced against time to invent the world's first metal detector to locate the bullet in Garfield's body so that doctors could safely operate. Despite Bell's efforts to save Garfield, however, and as never before fully revealed, the interventions of Garfield's friend and doctor, Dr. D. W. Bliss, brought about the demise of the nation's twentieth president. Fred Rosen is a former columnist for the New York Times and a veteran true-crime and history author of twenty-four books, including The Historical Atlas of American Crime , Cremation in America , and Lobster Boy . He can be seen regularly on the Investigation Discovery channel as a true-crime expert. Hank Garfield is a novelist and the great-great-grandson of President James A. Garfield. |
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