theodore roosevelt – Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, & the Golden Age of Journalism

By Scott J. Pearson | March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 by Scott J. Pearson

Kearns Goodwin sits among the best current American presidential historians, and her book takes an intriguing look at Teddy Roosevelt, his successor and Vice President William Taft, and the role a changing press played in their presidencies. Lifelong friends, they became bitter political enemies. Roosevelt ended up founding his own political party and running against Taft, the Republican nominee, in 1912. Woodrow Wilson ended up winning that election. Kearns Goodwin unpacks this story in award-winning…

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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

By Scott J. Pearson | June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 by Scott J. Pearson

Teddy Roosevelt was certainly one of the greatest U.S. Presidents. Perhaps below a Washington or a Lincoln, but not much below. He set the twentieth century for America on a positive course and ushered in what has been called the American century. In this biography, Morris explores the Teddy Roosevelt that came to be before he assume presidential office. This work is part of a three-part series and has been ranked in the top 100…