The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism [First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition] 9781416547860, 141654786X, 9781416547877, 1416547878, 9781451673791, 1451673795

Table of contents :
Content: The hunter returns --
Will and Teedie --
The judge and the politician --
Nellie Herron Taft --
Edith Carow Roosevelt --
The insider and the outsider --
The invention of McClure's --
"Like a boy on roller skates" --
Governor and Governor General --
"That damned cowboy is President" --
"The most famous woman in America" --
"A mission to perform" --
Toppling old bosses --
"Thank Heaven you are to be with me!" --
"A smile that won't come off" --
"Sitting on the lid" --
The American people reach a verdict --
"Cast into outer darkness" --
"To cut Mr. Taft in two!" --
Taft boom, Wall Street bust --
Kingmaker and king --
"A great stricken animal" --
A self-inflicted wound --
St. George and the dragon --
"The parting of the ways" --
"Like a war horse" --
"My hat is in the ring" --
"Bosom friends, bitter enemies" --
Armageddon.

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