{"product_id":"1912-wilson-roosevelt-taft-and-debs-the-election-that-changed-the-country-2","title":"1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs--The Election that Changed the Country","description":"Beginning with former president Theodore Roosevelt’s return in 1910 from his African safari, Chace brilliantly unfolds a dazzling political circus that featured four extraordinary candidates.\n\nWhen Roosevelt failed to defeat his chosen successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican nomination, he ran as a radical reformer on the Bull Moose ticket. Meanwhile, Woodrow Wilson, the ex-president of Princeton, astonished everyone by seizing the Democratic nomination from the bosses who had made him New Jersey’s governor. Most revealing of the reformist spirit sweeping the land was the charismatic socialist Eugene Debs, who polled an unprecedented one million votes.\n\nWilson’s “accidental” election had lasting impact on America and the world. The broken friendship between Taft and TR inflicted wounds on the Republican Party that have never healed, and the party passed into the hands of a conservative ascendancy that reached its fullness under Reagan and George W. Bush. Wilson’s victory imbued the Democratic Party with a progressive idealism later incarnated in FDR, Truman, and LBJ.\n\n1912 changed America.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0743273559\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0743273559.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Chace, James\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45752306303153,"sku":"RDV.0743273559.G","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0743273559-0.jpg?v=1750872432","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/1912-wilson-roosevelt-taft-and-debs-the-election-that-changed-the-country-2","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}