Doris Kearns Goodwin, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, Edward Herrmann Simon Schuster Audio 2013 (Audio CD) ISBN: =”1442362626”

My Review 4/5

Abridged version of the book

So picking this book up I hoped to learn a lot more about muckrakers and Roosevelt. Honestly though I felt the narrative focused too much on Roosevelt’s accomplishments and life at the expense of a full history of investigative journalism.

Granted the one chapter about McClure’s magazine was insightful but much of the book focused on the larger than life personality of Roosevelt. I did learn about Taft as well, but again while Team of Rivals had a much better narrative around Lincoln and Seward this book failed to convince me of Taft’s and Roosevelt’s friendship until the epilogue.

Still a good book, but reads more as a historical coverage not focused on journalism.

Date Read

2017/03/30

Date Added

2017/03/13

Significant Revisions