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

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Aug 22, 2014 Jack rated it it was amazing

Shelves: history, politics, biography, nonfiction, presidents

Another fantastic DKG book! I have read a lot about Teddy already, so his part of the book wasn't all that necessary for me, but Goodwin writes it well. I very much appreciated the Taft component, as he is less well known and discussed. He was a really good guy, and by many modern standards too. I sympathized with him quite a bit as a president who carried out a lot of a worthy progressive agenda, but received little credit for it. Most pleasantly surprising was the coverage of the muckraker jou ...more

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Jan 22, 2014 Pang rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: history, ecomist-page-turners, 2015

I went on an emotional roller coaster ride through the detailed lives of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft and their friendship. What a ride!

The audiobook was more than 36 hours, which is almost an entire work week! I had a bit of a reservation whether I would finish the book. Starting off a bit slower pace as the background of each men were laid out, the book flowed quite seamlessly. By the time I knew it, I was on the last chapter.

I have been a fan of Doris Kearns Goodwin for sometime ...more

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