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The bully pulpit : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the golden age of journalism

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: xiv, 910 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781416547860 (hardback) :
  • 141654786X (hardback) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.91/1 23
LOC classification:
  • E757 .G66 2013b
Other classification:
  • HIS000000 | BIO000000 | HIS036000
Contents:
Preface -- The hunter returns -- Will and Teedie -- The judge and the politician -- Nellie Herron Taft -- Edith Carrow Roosevelt -- The insider and the outsider -- The invention of McClure's -- "Like a boy on roller skates" -- Governor and Governor General -- "That damned cowboy is President" -- "The most famous woman in America" -- "A mission to perform" -- Toppling old bosses -- "Thank Heaven you are to be with me!" -- "A smile that won't come off" -- "Sitting on the lid" -- The American people reach a verdict -- "Cast into outer darkness" -- "To cut Mr. Taft in two!" -- Taft boom, Wall Street bust -- Kingmaker and king -- "A great stricken animal" -- A self-inflicted wound -- St. George and the dragon -- "The parting of the ways" -- -- Like a war horse -- "My hat is in the ring" -- "Bosom friends, bitter enemies" -- Armageddon -- Epilogue -- Acknowlegements -- Notes -- Illustration credits -- Index.
Summary: A dynamic history of the muckracking press and the first decade of the Progressive era as told through the intense friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft--a close relationship that strengthens both men before it ruptures in 1912 when they engage in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination that cripples the progressive wing of the Republican Party, causing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to be elected, and changing the country's history.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 973.91 GOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000490105

Includes bibliographical references (pages 753-867) and index.

Preface -- The hunter returns -- Will and Teedie -- The judge and the politician -- Nellie Herron Taft -- Edith Carrow Roosevelt -- The insider and the outsider -- The invention of McClure's -- "Like a boy on roller skates" -- Governor and Governor General -- "That damned cowboy is President" -- "The most famous woman in America" -- "A mission to perform" -- Toppling old bosses -- "Thank Heaven you are to be with me!" -- "A smile that won't come off" -- "Sitting on the lid" -- The American people reach a verdict -- "Cast into outer darkness" -- "To cut Mr. Taft in two!" -- Taft boom, Wall Street bust -- Kingmaker and king -- "A great stricken animal" -- A self-inflicted wound -- St. George and the dragon -- "The parting of the ways" -- -- Like a war horse -- "My hat is in the ring" -- "Bosom friends, bitter enemies" -- Armageddon -- Epilogue -- Acknowlegements -- Notes -- Illustration credits -- Index.

A dynamic history of the muckracking press and the first decade of the Progressive era as told through the intense friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft--a close relationship that strengthens both men before it ruptures in 1912 when they engage in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination that cripples the progressive wing of the Republican Party, causing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to be elected, and changing the country's history.

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