TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goodwin,Doris Kearns
TI  - The bully pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the golden age of journalism 
SN  - 9781416547860
AV  - E757 .G66 2013b
U1  - 973.91/1 23
PY  - 2013///
KW  - Roosevelt, Theodore,
KW  - Taft, William H.
KW  - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Progressivism (United States politics)
KW  - Press and politics
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1901-1909
KW  - 1909-1913
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [753]-867) and index; 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
N2  - A dynamic history of the muckracking press and the first decade of the Progressive era as told through the intense friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft-- a close relationship that strengthens both men before it ruptures in 1912 when they engage in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination that cripples the progressive wing of the Republican Party, causing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to be elected, and changing the country's history
ER  -