The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin (No Ordinary Time, Team of Rivals) returns with another eye-opening, meticulous presidential examination—this time looking at Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. Through the lens of the bitter 1912 presidential race against William Howard Taft, and the glittering weapon of the burgeoning press, this is not just a unique perspective on an icon. Goodwin illuminates the beginnings and early transition of the Progressive Era, the roots of the political and social wars that continue to this day.