01945cam a2200349 i 4500 296058904 TxAuBib 20131112120000.0 130820s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013032709 9781416547860 hardback 141654786X hardback eng rda TxAuBib rda Goodwin, Doris Kearns, (biographer), 1943- The bully pulpit [BOOK] : Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the golden age of journalism / Doris Kearns Goodwin. First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013. xiv, 910 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [753]-867) and index. 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. 20140123. Roosevelt, Theodore Jr 1858-1919. Taft, William H (William Howard) 1857-1930. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854) History 20th century. Progressivism (United States politics) History 20th century. Press and politics United States History 20th century. United States Politics and government 1901-1909. United States Politics and government 1909-1913.