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The bully pulpit : [Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the golden age of journalism]  Cover Image CD Audiobook CD Audiobook

The bully pulpit : [Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the golden age of journalism] / Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Summary:

Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft. With the help of the 'muckraking' press Roosevelt had wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses, and corrupting money brokers. Roosevelt led a revolution that he bequeathed to Taft only to see it compromised as Taft surrendered to money men and big business. Goodwin's narrative is founded upon a wealth of primary materials. The correspondence of more than four hundred letters between Roosevelt and Taft begins in their early thirties and ends only months before Roosevelt's death. Edith Roosevelt and Nellie Taft kept diaries. The muckrakers wrote hundreds of letters to one another, kept journals, and wrote their memoirs. The letters of Captain Archie Butt, who served as a personal aide to both Roosevelt and Taft, provide an intimate view of both men.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1442353155
  • ISBN: 9781442353152
  • Physical Description: 30 audio discs (37 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Subtitle from container.
Compact discs.
Part 1, discs 1-16 -- Part 2, discs 17-30.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Edward Herrmann.
Subject: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) > History > 20th century.
Progressivism (United States politics) > History > 20th century.
Press and politics > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1901-1909.
United States > Politics and government > 1909-1913.
Genre: Audiobooks.

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