TOC AND SYLLABUS - WOODROW WILSON: A BIOGRAPHY- SPOILER THREAD

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Woodrow Wilson: A Biography: TOC

Prologue - "This Man's Mind and Spirit"

1. Tommy 13
2. Woodrow 33
3. Professor 56
4. Bold Leader 79
5. Academic Civil War 102
6. Governor 120
7. Nominee 140
8. The Great Campaign 159
9. Preparation 182
10. Beginning 198
11. Taken at the Flood 213
12. Triumph and Tragedy 237
13. Irony and the Gift of Fate 262
14. The Shock of Recognition 285
15. Second Flood Tide 307
16. To Run Again 334
17. Peace and War 362
18. Waging War 390
19. Victory 425
20. Covenant 454
21. Peacemaking Aboard and at Home 476
22. The League Fight 506
23. Disability 535
24. Downfall 561
25. Twilight 579
Notes 601
Sources and Acknowledgements 669
Index 677

Bryan Craig's version:

ISBN: 0307277909

John Milton Cooper Jr.

Syllabus:

Wilson Syllabus:

Week One - March 25th - March 31st -> Prologue and Chapter ONE p. 3 - 32
Prologue – "This Man's Mind and Spirit" and ONE - Tommy

Week Two - April 1st - April 7th -> Chapters TWO and THREE p. 33 - 78
TWO - Woodrow and THREE - Professor

Week Three - April 8th - April 14th -> Chapters FOUR and FIVE p. 79 - 119
FOUR - Bold Leader and FIVE - Academic Civil War

Week Four - April 15th - April 21st -> Chapters SIX and SEVEN p. 120 - 158
SIX - Governor and SEVEN - Nominee

Week Five - April 22nd - April 28th -> Chapter EIGHT and NINE p. 159 - 197
EIGHT - The Great Campaign and NINE - Preparation

Week Six - April 29th - May 5th -> Chapters TEN and ELEVEN p. 198 - 236
TEN - Beginning and ELEVEN - Taken at the Flood

Week Seven - May 6th - May 12th -> Chapters TWELVE and THIRTEEN p. 237 - 284
TWELVE - Triumph and Tragedy and THIRTEEN – Irony and the Gift of Fate

Week Eight - May 13th - May 19th -> Chapters FOURTEEN and FIFTEEN p. 285 - 333 FOURTEEN - The Shock of Recognition and FIFTEEN - Second Flood Tide

Week Nine - May 20th - May 26th -> Chapter SIXTEEN p. 334 - 361 SIXTEEN - To Run Again

Week Ten - May 27th - June 2nd -> Chapter SEVENTEEN p. 362 - 389 SEVENTEEN - Peace and War

Week Eleven - June 3rd - June 9th -> Chapter EIGHTEEN p. 390 - 424 EIGHTEEN - Waging War

Week Twelve - June 10th - June 16th -> Chapter NINETEEN p. 425 - 453 NINETEEN - Victory

Week Thirteen - June 17th - June 23rd -> Chapters TWENTY and TWENTY ONE p. 454 - 505 TWENTY – Covenant and TWENTY ONE - Peacemaking Aboard and at Home

Week Fourteen - June 24th - June 30th -> Chapter TWENTY TWO p. 506 - 534
TWENTY TWO - The League Fight

Week Fifteen - July 1st - July 7th -> Chapter TWENTY THREE p. 535 - 560
TWENTY THREE - Disability

Week Sixteen - July 8th - July 14th -> Chapters TWENTY FOUR and TWENTY FIVE p. 561 - 600 TWENTY FOUR - Downfall and TWENTY FIVE - Twilight

Week Seventeen - July 15th - July 21st -> Book as a Whole

[Tomerobber]

Bentley,
I'm listening to the audiobook format for this . . . are the numbers you have listed the actual chapters? In my version . . the narrator gives the chapter numbers . . . but no titles.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Yes, according to Bryan Craig - not sure about your audiobook format though.

[Bryan]

Odd, Tomerobber. The book does have chapter names.

[Peter]

I will order this book

[Tomerobber]

Bryan wrote: "Odd, Tomerobber. The book does have chapter names."

Correction . . . he did read the chapter number and the title. I was listening along and didn't realize that he HAD read the title. I'm up to chapter 2. Thanks!

[Bryan]

Great, Peter and Tomerobber, I look forward to your participation.

[James]

I'm still on the fence. When does the discussion run until?

[Bryan]

James wrote: "I'm still on the fence. When does the discussion run until?"

It will run until July 21st.

I set it up so readers won't have such a huge weekly burden. If you fall behind, the previous weeks threads are open, so you can still post. No pressure.

[Tomerobber]

James wrote: "I'm still on the fence. When does the discussion run until?"
Oh come and play, James . . . I'm using the audiobook format I bought and downloaded from Audible.com because I had already bought it . . . so this will be an interesting change.

[Ashley]

I just got my copy today. This will be my first book with this club. Looking forward to the discussions, and learning about Woodrow - I know absolutely NOTHING about him aside from the fact that he was president.

[Francie]

Downloaded my copy on Kindle today. Can't wait to get started. Just recently watched a segment on him on History Channel's Ultimate Guide to the Presidents. Should be good read.

[Donna]

I have decided to participate since the syllabus seems very doable. My book should arrive shortly.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Great Ashley and Francis.

[Bryan]

Awesome, Ashley, Francie, and Donna. I'm glad you will join us. It should be a good one.

[Theresa]

yay Presidential book reading!! I really look forward to these :) I haven't gotten my book yet, I'm trying out the used bookstores around me for a cheap copy before I order it online.

[Clayton]

Got my book in the mail today. I am so looking forward to this read. I read Cooper's previous book Breaking the Heart of the World and loved it. This is going to be fun.

[Bryan]

Great Theresa and Clayton.

Clayton, don't forget the book cover

John Milton Cooper Jr.

[Mike]

Will be joining. Already have the audio book so will try to participate using it.

[Tomerobber]

Mike wrote: "Will be joining. Already have the audio book so will try to participate using it."

Way to go Mike, I won't be the only one using the audiobook . . . I find that my ears can read faster than my eyes . . . ;-) so it will be a change using this format for a change.

[Bryan]

Glad to have you join us Mike and Tomerobber. People using the audio version is pretty common.

[Steven]

Bryan wrote: "James wrote: "I'm still on the fence. When does the discussion run until?"

It will run until July 21st.

I set it up so readers won't have such a huge weekly burden. If you fall behind, the pr..."

This is good to know, I think it will work well for me. I'm not always able to keep up when the books being discussed are being read and discussed at a faster rate. I'll have to get a copy of this one, and join in. I'll note from the start that Wilson is one of my least favorite Presidential personalities, but I'm quite interested in how he developed both his person and his political philosophy and power.

[Bryan]

Great, Steven. Read at your own pace. I think we have a good bio on Wilson, so we should learn a lot.

[Bryan]

Clayton, I moved your post to the first week's thread.

[Clayton]

Thank You!

[Steven]

Bryan wrote: "James wrote: "I'm still on the fence. When does the discussion run until?"

It will run until July 21st.

I set it up so readers won't have such a huge weekly burden. If you fall behind, the pr..."

I'll reiterate that it's good to read this, since I'm far behind. My copy I ordered just came in. Wilson is one of my least favorite President's on a personal level, yet I want to learn more about him, as he accomplished a great deal. Also his educational and occupational background is interesting to me, as another teacher of political science and history.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

I am glad that you are taking a positive approach - that is all we can ask and the discussion so far has been terrific.

Just start with Week One and post there and we will be with you every step of the way. We have folks start after the discussion has even finished and we work with them.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Steven, as Bentley says, just start on the first week and welcome. No worries about being late.

No grading here ;-)

[Heather]

I am about to start. I guess I'll just catch up and then jump in. :)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Just begin with Week One and make sure that your posts fit the pages read for each week. Each week is a non spoiler thread so only post comments appropriate to that week's threads.

[Bryan]

Welcome Heather