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The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns
Goodwin - the new biography of Teddy Roosevelt
from the bestselling author of Team of
Rivals, the inspiration for Spielberg's
Lincoln
Doris Kearns
Goodwin, author of the acclaimed multi-million copy
bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of
Abraham Lincoln, now turns to the birth of America's
Progressive Era - that heady, optimistic time when the
20th Century is fresh. Reform is in the air, and it is
time to take on the robber barons and corrupt
politicians who have brought the country to its
knees.
The story is told through the close friendship
between two Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt and his
handpicked successor William Howard Taft. The
decades-long intimacy strengthens both men as they
reform America, breaking up monopolies, protecting the
rights of labour, banning unsafe drugs and closing
sweatshops.
Also at the heart of the story are the
original 'muckrakers' - a brilliant group of
investigative journalists at the celebrated magazine
McClure's. They publish popular exposes of
fraudulent railroads and millionaire senators, aiding
Roosevelt in his quest for change and fairness.
As
Roosevelt, Taft and the muckrakers confront corruption
and expose exploitation, America is reborn.
This
book is essential reading for fans of American history,
and will be enjoyed by readers of Jon Snow, Jeremy
Paxman and Robert Harris.
'(Praise for Team of
Rivals:) A wonderful book ... a remarkable study in
leadership' Barack Obama
'The most uplifting book
that I have read in the last two decades. Sensational'
Jon Snow
'I have not enjoyed a history book as much
for years' Robert Harris, The Observer (Books of the
Year)
'A fabulously engrossing,
exciting narrative in the grand old style ...
overflowing with colour and character' Dominic
Sandbrook
Doris Kearns Goodwin is the doyenne of US
presidential historians. She won the Pulitzer Prize in
History in 1995 for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and
Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.
She is also the author of the bestsellers Team of
Rivals, Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the
Kennedys and Lyndon Johnson and the American
Dream. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, and with
her husband, Richard Goodwin.
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