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Prateet asked this question about The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism:

I enjoy reading and learning about history but struggle to read long books like the Bully Pulpit without becoming lost in the detail and only making it a few chapters in without losing sight of the bigger picture. How long do people usually take to finish a book of this length, and how best to extract the most important information?

Prateet Since several people have seen this question and provided their answers, I will provide my own solution to my problem. I recently rediscovered the joy…moreSince several people have seen this question and provided their answers, I will provide my own solution to my problem. I recently rediscovered the joy of listening to an audio book, my joy coming from the fact that continuously paying attention to another voice reading a book instead of your own forces you to keep pace and not drift off and daydream. I am a political science major and history minor and there will always be a voice in the back of my head reminding me that any fact that I come across in a history book or current events book may be useful in a discussion or other similar circumstance, so there can in fact be a quiz at the end.(less)

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by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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