The bully pulpit
Subtitle: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the golden age of journalism
By: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1277
ISBN-13: 9781410463227
Subjects: Politics and government; Press and politics; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Progressivism (United States politics); History
Description: The first decade of the Progressive era was a tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air. The story is told through the intense friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft -- a relationship that ruptured when they engaged in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination. It is also the story of the muckracking press, which aroused the spirit of reform that helped Roosevelt push the government to shed its laissez-faire attitude toward robber barons, corrupt politicians, and corporate exploiters of our natural resources.