Summary of The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin | Includes Analysis
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Doris Kearns Goodwin describes the life and leadership of Theodore Roosevelt in this historical work. Roosevelt emerges as a large-than-life character who takes on the financial trusts of huge corporations that are putting their rivals out of business, the unsafe and unfair working conditions of the common man, and the sales of unhealthy foods and medicines, all resulting from what he feels is too little government regulation. The lives and personalities of Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft are also contrasted: Roosevelt is described as a sickly child who grows into a hearty man while Taft is described as a robust child who, because of the stress of his political career, becomes an obese adult. Taft and Roosevelt’s wives are also compared. Edith Roosevelt, Theodore’s second wife, prefers to stay out of the spotlight as much as possible and enjoys studying literature. Unlike her sometimes aggressive and boisterous husband, she is reserved and sometimes has to hold him back…
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