
The Bully Pulpit
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
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Edward Herrmann
Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for History/Biography and Finalist for Audiobook of the Year
Audie Award, History/Biography, 2015
After Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin wields her magic on another larger-than-life president, and another momentous and raucous American time period as she brings Theodore Roosevelt, the muckraking journalists, and the Progressive Era to life.
As she focused on the relationships between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in No Ordinary Time, and on Lincoln and his team in Team of Rivals, Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft. With the help of the "muckraking" press - including legendary journalists Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, William Allen White, and editor Sam McClure - Roosevelt had wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses, and corrupting money brokers. Roosevelt led a revolution that he bequeathed to Taft only to see it compromised as Taft surrendered to money men and big business. The rupture between the two led Roosevelt to run against Taft for president, an ultimately futile race that resulted in the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson and the diminishment of Theodore Roosevelt's progressive wing of the Republican Party.
Like Goodwin's chronicles of the Civil War and the Great Depression, The Bully Pulpit describes a time in our history that enlightened and changed the country, ushered in the modern age, and produced some unforgettable men and women.
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Critic reviews
“Few audio productions this year are likely to match, or deserve as much praise as, this history of the Progressive Era and the presidential friendship that shaped, and was destroyed by, its politics... Edward Herrmann is simply her most simpatico reader...his steady, unflagging delivery is perfectly attuned to her narrative voice and, without mimicry, to the broad array of voices, personalities, and events that highlight this rich personal and social drama.” (AudioFile Magazine)
“Swiftly moving account of a friendship that turned sour, broke a political party in two and involved an insistent, omnipresent press corps. . . . It’s no small achievement to have something new to say on Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency, but Goodwin succeeds admirably. A notable, psychologically charged study in leadership.”(Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
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Timely, prescient and fascinating
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Would you listen to The Bully Pulpit again? Why?
Parts, yes. There're are many areas of the book, written about the early 20th century politics, media, and influence, that are relevant to early 21st century. I'd like to read different parts again, to learn how those times can help us better understand now. There are some incredible parallels to our times, and I think we can learn from the many historic figures in this book.What was one of the most memorable moments of The Bully Pulpit?
So many parallels to now, you will stop and gasp sometimes at the similarities.Have you listened to any of Edward Herrmann’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes, I've heard other performances of his. He is not my favorite reader, but I like this performance. It's not hard to listen to.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Gasp, sometimes.A book for our time
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An insightful look at the first part of the twentieth century
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Doris Kearns Goodwin is a wonderful author and historian.
Good read!
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The book serves as an in depth guide to the lives of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft during the start of their political carriers and the epic climax of the 1912 general election. The book also mirrors the lives of Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell, Philip Baker, and some other well known muck-rakers, as well as their eccentric leaders SS McClure and John Philips. An excellent voice highlights the new-found popularity of the journalism-juggernaut, and its clash with the exciting and rapidly changing 20th-century. You'll find this book one of the best listening experiences on audible.
Excellent History of early 20th Century Politics
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Great American History
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idealism
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Wonderful insights into our past politics
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Progressive Republicans
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