The major leagues had switched to aluminum bats , so instead of the authoritative thwack of wood you heard that dinky metal tink . On Friday night , as the two teams headed for the East Coast and the last weekend of baseball for the ...
When Democrats lost control of Congress in 1994, the Christian Right claimed a major role in their defeat and House Speaker Newt Gingrich credited the "organized Christian vote" with the...
Focusing on the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft, revisits the Progressive Era during which Roosevelt wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, ...
President Theodore Roosevelt left his mark on every facet of American life, including, quite colorfully, its language.
The Bully Pulpit is also the story of the muckraking press, which arouses the spirit of reform that helps Roosevelt push the government to shed its laissez-faire attitude toward robber barons, corrupt politicians, and corporate exploiters ...
Focusing on the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian revisits the Progressive Era during which Roosevelt wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and ...
The book introduces readers to various ways of studying presidential rhetoric. This is the ideal anthology for courses in presidential rhetoric, American public address, and political communication.
The Bully Pulpit: From Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan
This book is essential reading for fans of American history, and will be enjoyed by readers of Jon Snow, Jeremy Paxman and Robert Harris. '(Praise for Team of Rivals:) A wonderful book ... a remarkable study in leadership' Barack Obama 'The ...
Ronald Reagan's supporters call him the Great Communicator and say he demonstrated common sense, keen intelligence, and vision as president. His detractors say he was an incompetent manager, lacked the...
The book includes famous speeches as well as relatively unknown gems, such as Wilson speaking on woman's suffrage, Harding on civil rights, and Truman rallying the 1948 Democratic National Convention.