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Politics and government Press and politics United States History 20th century Progressivism (United States politics) History 20th century Radicalism Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) History 20th century Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919 Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930 United States United States Politics and government 1901-1909 United States Politics and government 1909-1913Wolraich, Michael.
Summary: "At the turn of the twentieth century, the Republican Party stood at the brink of an internal civil war. After a devastating financial crisis, furious voters sent a new breed of politician to Washington. These young Republican firebrands, led by "Fighting Bob" La Follette of Wisconsin, vowed to overthrow the party leaders and purge Wall Street's corrupting influence from Washington. Their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 WOLBuchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph)
Summary: The former Nixon advisor traces the unanticipated political rise of Richard Nixon just six years after his gubernatorial loss, sharing insights into how he resurrected his career and reunited a divided Republican Party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.924 BUCGoodwin, Doris Kearns
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: Goodwin describes the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft. With the help of the 'muckraking' press Roosevelt had wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses, and corrupting money brokers. Roosevelt led a revolution that he bequeathed to Taft only to see it compromised as Taft surrendered to money...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Audioworks 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.91 GOOKeith, LeeAnna
Summary: "A history of antiracist and abolitionist activism in the Civil War-era Republican Party"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020