Candace Millard's book "the destiny of the republic" covers this and is pretty good. Garfield seemed like the type of person who could have done great things in

Candace Millard's book "the destiny of the republic" covers this and is pretty good. Garfield seemed like the type of person who could have done great things in office, given his apparent intelligence and humble upbringing. I also think the journey of his assassin -- a mentally troubled individual with no real reason to target Garfield -- is still relevant given the long US history struggling with this subject. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004J4X33O?_encoding=UTF8 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004J4X33O?_encoding=UTF8