Doris Kearns Goodwin's work for President Johnson inspired her career as a presidential historian. Her first book was Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She followed up with the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Homefront in World War II. She earned the Lincoln Prize for Team of Rivals, in part the basis for Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln, and the Carnegie Medal for The Bully Pulpit, about the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Her bestselling Leadership: In Turbulent Times was the inspiration for the History Channel docuseries on Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt, which she executive produced. Her most recent book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, provides a front-row seat to the pivotal people--JFK, LBJ, RFK and MLK--and events of this momentous decade.
"Goodwin spent eight years working on The Bully Pulpit and the
effort shows, much to the reader's benefit and delight. She keeps
the story clipping along, chooses enlightening anecdotes...and has
the narrative and historical acumen to weave her theme through 900
pages. At 70, let's hope she has at least a couple more biographies
in mind...For now, savor The Bully Pulpit. It is a command
performance of popular history."-- "Christian Science Monitor"
"Goodwin's evocative examination of the Progressive world is smart
and engaging. . . . She presents a highly readable and detailed
portrait of an era. The Bully Pulpit brings the early 20th century
to life and firmly establishes the crucial importance of the press
to Progressive politics."-- "The Washington Post"
"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin has scored
again with 'The Bully Pulpit, ' a thorough and well-written study
of two presidents, as well as the journalists who covered them and
exposed scandals in government and industry....Her genius in this
huge volume (750 pages of text) is to take the three narratives and
weave them into a comprehensive, readable study of the time ....The
Bully Pulpit is a remarkable study of a tumultuous period in our
history."-- "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
"The interplay between personality and politics, temperament and
leadership is one of the key themes animating Doris Kearns
Goodwin's telling books...The same is true of her sprawling new
book, The Bully Pulpit, which gives us revealing portraits of
Theodore Roosevelt and his close friend, handpicked successor and
eventual bitter rival, William Howard Taft...She also uses her
impressive narrative skills to give us a visceral sense of the
world in which Roosevelt and Taft came of age...She creates
emotionally detailed portraits of the two men's families, provides
an informed understanding of the political forces (conservative,
moderate and insurgent) arrayed across the country at the time, and
enlivens even highly familiar scenes like Teddy Roosevelt's daring
charge up San Juan Hill."--Michiko Kakutani "The New York
Times"
"These fascinating times deserve a chronicler as wise and thorough
as Goodwin. The Bully Pulpit is splendid reading."-- "Dallas
Morning News"
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