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

Large Print 2013

The first decade of the Progressive era was a tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air. The story is told through the intense friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft -- a relationship that ruptured when they engaged in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination. It is also the story of the muckracking press, which aroused the spirit of reform that helped Roosevelt push the government to sh...

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Progressivism (United States politics) History 20th century

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) History 20th century

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

United States Politics and government 1901-1909

United States Politics and government 1909-1913

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ISBN:

9781410463227

Edition:

Large Print edition

Description:

1277 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Includes bibliographical references
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2014

Contents:

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

LCCN:

2013024467

Control Number:

2628258

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