

Her second book about President James Garfield, “Destiny of the Republic: A Tail of Madness, Medicine and Murder of a President,” won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, the One Book One Lincoln Award, and the Kansas Notable Book Award.


It won the William Rockhill Nelson Award and was a finalist for the Quill Awards. Photo by Paul VersluisĬandice Millard’s talk touched on her four New York Times best sellers: “The River of Doubt,” “Destiny of the Republic,” “Hero of the Empire,” and “River of the Gods.” Her first book, “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey,” was also a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and a Book Sense Pick. William Padmore of Nebraska Public Media served as moderator. It also kicked off the Thompson Forum’s 2022-23 series on Creativity to Solve Global Challenges. Best selling author Candice Millard delivered the 2022 Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities, “A Clear and Steady Eye: Storytelling and Our Shared History.” The lecture was presented by Humanities Nebraska (HN) in partnership with the E.N.
