One of the Best Books of the Year as chosen by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Time, USA TODAY, Christian Science Monitor, and more. A tale so gripping that one questions the need for fiction when real life is so plump with drama and intrigue Associated Press. The gap between rich and poor has never been widerlegislative stalemate paralyzes the countrycorporations resist federal regulationsspectacular mergers produce giant companiesthe influence of money in politics deepensbombs explode in crowded streetssmall wars proliferate far from our shoresa dizzying array of inventions speeds the pace of daily life. These unnervingly familiar headlines serve as the backdrop for Doris Kearns Goodwins highly anticipated The Bully Pulpit—a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air.
