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Take Two

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about new book 'The Bully Pulpit'

By Take Two Staff
Published Nov 6, 2013
Cover image for "The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism," by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Cover image for "The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism," by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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Simon & Schuster
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Author Doris Kearns Goodwin.
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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Eric Levin
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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about new book 'The Bully Pulpit'

Theodore Roosevelt was famous for manipulating the media to get what he wanted but also gave them unprecedented access to the internal machinations of government.

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Pulitzer-prize winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins Take Two to talk about the Progressive Era and her sixth book, "The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism."