The Bully Pulpit:
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
2013/ 928 pages
rating:  9 / US history – 19th/20th century

By the end of this remarkable book Goodwin had drawn me so close to the major subjects it felt like I was saying goodbye to a group of dear friends. In a work of nonfiction this is truly smazing.

I’ve come to understand through reading and reading that one should pay careful attention to the titles and introductory material of non-fiction because that’s where the authors *usually* state somewhat more explicitly what the book is going to be about than in the actual first section of the title.   This is exactly the case with The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism in which Kearns sets out to explore, NOT   >>>>MORE>>>>