{"product_id":"william-howard-taft-jonathan-lurie-9780521514217","title":"William Howard Taft: The Travails of a Progressive Conservative","description":"In this new biographical study of the only American ever to have been both President and Chief Justice of the United States, Jonathan Lurie reassesses William Howard Taft's multiple careers, which culminated in Taft's election to the presidency in 1908 as the chosen successor to Theodore Roosevelt. By 1912, however, the relationship between Taft and Roosevelt had ruptured. Lurie reexamines the Taft-Roosevelt friendship and concludes that it rested on flimsy ground. He also places Taft in a progressive context, taking Taft's own self-description as \"a believer in progressive conservatism\" as the starting point. At the end of his biography, Lurie concludes that this label is accurate when applied to Taft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Lurie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521514215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521514217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.55w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012","brand":"Jonathan Lurie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45980769878271,"sku":"9780521514217","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_651d96b5-d6de-44fe-8f08-a5a37dd5676e.jpg?v=1722416686","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/william-howard-taft-jonathan-lurie-9780521514217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}