Incredible book quest for the presidency the storied and surprising history of president ial campaigns in america from university of nebraska, press and this is one of these books that is welcoming to scholars and for armchair historians and for general readers of all sorts one of the things that we do together, one of the really only unifying things we do together. All of us as a country is a president ial election every four years. We all have a stake in those of us are voting age that is in terms of where our country is going. And it distills the destiny of the United States into a single human being and index and in essence for range of ideas. This has been a feature of this country since the presidency of George Washington and bob real has pulled together a comprehensive history of every single president ial election in one readable volume. This is the word surprising in the subtitle is not frivolous even president ial scholars, i think are going to find details in here that they
Reel the author of the incredible book quest for the presidency the storied and surprising history of president ial campaigns in america from university of nebraska, press and this is one of these books that is welcoming to scholars and for armchair historians and for general readers of all sorts one of the things that we do together, one of the really only unifying things we do together. All of us as a country is a president ial election every four years. We all have a stake in those of us are voting age that is in terms of where our country is going. And it distills the destiny of the United States into a single human being and index and in essence for range of ideas. This has been a feature of this country since the presidency of George Washington and bob real has pulled together a comprehensive history of every single president ial election in one readable volume. This is the word surprising in the subtitle is not frivolous even president ial scholars, i think are going to find det
Academia to politics. Set an example for future first ladies. Year and a half of his term. Edithieving president met , and she served as first lady for five years. Her unprecedented role in managing affairs is one of the most consequential efforts of any first lady. Good evening, and welcome to our continuing series. The wilsonry of first ladies. Christine miller is a biographer f the first ladies. Mr. Cooper is Woodrow Wilsons biographer. We are going to break precedent. Thesee been telling stories chronologically, but everyone knows about edith wilson managing the white house after a stroke. So many people want to know what happened. Suffer the stroke . 1919. Was in october of trying to sell the country on going into the league of nations. Aborted the tour and got him back into the white house. Five days into the white house he suffered a massive stroke. The story of the stroke is very dramatic. Can you tell us what happened . Conflicting reports about what happened, but i think the
In 1907. By 1908, he had scribbled on a little note somewhere. My precious one, my beloved mary. I dont think he sent it to her. I think he was venting her feelings. Ellen was upset. She accused him of emotional love for this woman. But she tolerated mary and tried to protect woodrow from the scandal. There still was some scandal. Theodore roosevelt was invited in the 1912 election to make use of this. Somebody said that they had letters between woodrow and mary. And although they were never as ardent as his letters to ellen had been, they were simply compromising. And roosevelt said, no, that would be wrong. And also that nobody would believe him. Yeah. Because that was that was very noble of Theodore Roosevelt. But you said you said, what i cant believe that somebody who looks like the apoth cares cud could be romeo. I dont believe that. Doing the best t. R. Invitation on the program. No. This momentous on the United States and those who enter world war i. What happens in the white h
Im a professor at Chapman University and also at Dartmouth College and here today with bob reel the author of the incredible book quest for the presidency the storied and surprising history of president ial campaigns in america from university of nebraska, press and this is one of these books that is welcoming to scholars and for armchair historians and for general readers of all sorts one of the things that we do together, one of the really only unifying things we do together. All of us as a country is a president ial election every four years. We all have a stake in those of us are voting age that is in terms of where our country is going. And it distills the destiny of the United States into a single human being and index and in essence for range of ideas. This has been a feature of this country since the presidency of George Washington and bob real has pulled together a comprehensive history of every single president ial election in one readable volume. This is the word surprising