The Bully Pulpit
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The Bully Pulpit

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

2013•Biography•910 pages

Taste attributes: biographyhistoricalpoliticaldocumentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsocial commentaryunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA grounded, weighty biography: moving and layered. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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3.6 / 5

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About This Book

From the country’s leading presidential historian, The Bully Pulpit is a masterful and deeply insightful study of presidents – freshly told through the decades-long and complicated friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyHistoricalPoliticalDocumentaryComplex relationshipSocial commentaryUnderdog triumphs

Subjects

Biography & AutobiographyHistoryBiography Autobiography MemoirPolitics Current EventsPolitics and governmentHISTORY / GeneralBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / GeneralHISTORY / United States / General

Details

Author
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Published
2013
Pages
910
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