Goodwin, Doris Kearns (Goodwin, Doris Kearns; Roosevelt, Theodore; Taft, William Howard)

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

ISBN: 9781416547860
New York, NY, USA: Simon and Schuster, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. "The gap between rich and poor has never been wider...legislative stalemate paralyzes the country...corporations resist federal regulations...spectacular mergers produce giant companies...the influence of money in politics deepens...bombs explode in crowded streets...small wars proliferate far from our shores...a dizzying array of inventions speeds the pace of daily life. These unnervingly familiar headlines serve as the backdrop for Doris Kearns Goodwin's highly anticipated The Bully Pulpit- a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, that 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 close relationship that strengthens both men before it ruptures in 1912, when they engage in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination that divides their wives, their children, and their closest friends, while crippling the progressive wing of the Republican Party, causing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to be elected, and changing the country's history." (from front flap) Another voluminous, magisterial work of American history & biography by Doris Kearns Goodwin (b. 1943), the much-honored, highly popular & prolific American historian, biographer, journalist & commentator. This dense, yet brisk & page-turning doorstopper emphasizes the crucial role of the American "muckraking" press during the most-eventful period of the early twentieth century dominated by the larger-than-life figures of presidents Theodore Roosevelt & William Howard Taft (quite literally in the latter's case). With two sections of captioned historical photographs. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, "First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition November 2013" as stated on copyright page, first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. From the collection of Russell taylor Weil (1927-2023), a prominent attorney & collector from Washington, DC. An essential Kearns Goodwin masterpiece full of detailed re-creation & insight most-applicable to our current times & leaders, in its rarest contemporary form & with distinguished provenance. Book in very fine condition with only a touch of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of front, back covers & spine; very slight rubbing, occasional spotting to edges of text block. Interior very fine, appearing substantially mint. Dust jacket near-fine with light rubbing, faint creasing & scratching to front, back covers, spine & flaps; a bit of wear & some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners of same; areas of light spot/streak staining esp. at spine, lower back cover. Very Fine / Near Fine. [Item #6560]

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