Let the people rule : Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the presidential primary
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016].
ISBN
9780393249842, 0393249840
Status

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Berwyn Public Library - Stacks324.973 COWOn Shelf
Eisenhower Public Library District - Stacks324.973 COWOn Shelf
Elmwood Park Public Library - Adult Nonfiction324.973 COWOn Shelf
Evergreen Park Public Library - Stacks324.973 COWOn Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 3rd Floor - Memoir and BiographyB ROOSEVELOn Shelf
Show All Copies

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
404 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780393249842, 0393249840

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-384) and index.
Description
The exhilarating story of the four-month campaign that changed American politics forever. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt came out of retirement to challenge his close friend and handpicked successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican Party nomination. To overcome the power of the incumbent, TR seized on the idea of presidential primaries, telling bosses everywhere to "Let the People Rule." The cheers and jeers of rowdy supporters and detractors echo from Geoffrey Cowan's pages as he explores TR's fight-to-the-finish battle to win popular support. After sweeping nine out of thirteen primaries, he felt entitled to the nomination. But the party bosses proved too powerful, leading Roosevelt to walk out of the convention and create a new political party of his own. Using a trove of newly discovered documents, Cowan takes readers inside the colorful, dramatic, and often mean-spirited campaign, describing the political machinations and intrigue and painting indelible portraits of its larger-than-life characters. But Cowan also exposes the more unsavory parts of TR's campaign: seamy backroom deals, bribes made in TR's name during the Republican Convention, and then the shocking political calculation that led TR to ban any black delegates from the Deep South from his new "Bull Moose Party."

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Cowan, G. (2016). Let the people rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the presidential primary (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cowan, Geoffrey. 2016. Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cowan, Geoffrey. Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Cowan, Geoffrey. Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2016.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.