“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… — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
“It turned out that before he had stalked Garfield, Charles Guiteau had stalked Grant.” — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image