Lynne answers “I enjoy reading and learning about history...”

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?

Lynne Vanderveen I see that someone else suggested the same thing I am going to suggest - audio books. I really like listening to this kind of book (and, in fact, that…moreI see that someone else suggested the same thing I am going to suggest - audio books. I really like listening to this kind of book (and, in fact, that is what I am doing right now with this one). You can't get bogged down in the small details because it just keeps moving along. I find that, while I may not become an expert on every detail, I still learn so much of what is there and I really enjoy listening.(less)

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The Bully Pulpit

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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