Goodwin, Doris Kearns, author.
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [753]-867) and index.
• A dynamic history of the muckracking press and the first decade of the Progressive era as told through the intense friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft–a close relationship that strengthens both men before it ruptures in 1912 when they engage in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination that cripples the progressive wing of the Republican Party, causing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to be elected, and changing the country’s history.

Subjects:

• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
• Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
• United States — Politics and government — 1901-1909.
• United States — Politics and government — 1909-1913.
• Progressivism (United States politics) — History — 20th century.
• Press and politics — United States — History — 20th century.
• Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) — History — 20th century.

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