The bully pulpit : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of journalism

Goodwin, Doris Kearns. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781416547877 (softcover)
ISBN: 1416547878 (softcover)
ISBN: 9781451673791 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 892 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2014.
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 753-847) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The hunter returns -- Will and Teedie -- The judge and the politician -- Nellie Herron Taft -- Edith Carow 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.