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03339aam a2200469 4500 001 5E6B62B6C97B11E5960577D3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20240315010227 008 151102s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2015032325 020 $a 0393249840 020 $a 9780393249842 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Cowan, Geoffrey,. 245 10 $a Let the people rule : $b Theodore Roosevelt and the birth of the presidential primary / $c by Geoffrey Cowan. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., $c 2016. 300 $a 295 pages. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Let the People Rule tells 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 ÌLet the People Rule.Ì The cheers and jeers of rowdy supporters and detractors echo from Geoffrey CowanÌs pages as he explores TRÌs 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 TRÌs campaign: seamy backroom deals, bribes made in TRÌs 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 ÌBull Moose Party.Ì In this utterly compelling work, Cowan illuminates lessons of the past that have great resonance for American politics today. 8 pages of illustrations. 541 $d 20160114. 600 10 $a Taft, William H $q (William Howard), $d 1857-1930. 600 10 $a Roosevelt, Theodore $d 1858-1919. 610 20 $a Republican Party (U.S. : 1854) $x History $y 20 century. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x Election $y 1912. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Political culture $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Primaries $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 00 $a Presidential candidates $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Political campaigns $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1909-1913. 941 $a 9 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611022945.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092413.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204082246.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110064159.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213012820.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717031023.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180802020414.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20180719024501.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20160323015508.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5E6B62B6C97B11E5960577D3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search