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Douglas Brinkley

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December 14, 1960

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Douglas Brinkley is a professor of history at Rice University and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. The Chicago Tribune has dubbed him “America’s new past master.” His most recent books are The Quiet World, The Wilderness Warrior, and The Great Deluge. Six of his books have been selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He lives in Texas with his wife and three children.

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Douglas Brinkley’s books

Average rating: 4.08 · 27,429 ratings · 2,968 reviews · 119 distinct works • Similar authors

	American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race 4.17 avg rating — 3,040 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast 4.17 avg rating — 2,960 ratings — published 2006 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America 4.07 avg rating — 2,268 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cronkite 4.01 avg rating — 1,642 ratings — published 2012 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gerald R. Ford (The American Presidents, #38) by Douglas Brinkley, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Editor) 3.87 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America 4.27 avg rating — 546 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening 4.36 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion 3.75 avg rating — 501 ratings — published 2005 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rosa Parks: A Life 4.05 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism 4.02 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It didn’t seem to matter that Reagan made his heartfelt endorsements of traditional family values despite being divorced and so alienated from his own children that one of them would write a book about what a rotten father he had been; by the same token, the president’s failure to have made regular or even occasional visits to church hardly dimmed his appeal for the resurgent religious right”
― Douglas G. Brinkley, American Heritage History of the United States

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“Cronkite had mastered the intentional pause, the need for frozen seconds of long silence at certain historic moments. Nobody before or after Cronkite had mastered the art of communicating news on television nightly without ever becoming an irritant.”
― Douglas Brinkley, Cronkite

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“He followed an ironclad rule. He NEVER WATCHED HIMSELF.”
― Douglas G. Brinkley, Cronkite

tags: introspection, others-centeredness, self-consciousness

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Theodore Roosevelt Poll:

It appears that by the end of the President's Poll that Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt were tied. Then somehow after we had voted on the Thomas Jefferson book, Teddy pulled ahead!!

So now we have to make it up to all of the Theodore Roosevelt voters and a book by or about Theodore Roosevelt will be our next Presidential Series selection.

This selection will begin on June 1, 2010 and will continue for three months (June, July and August). This discussion will be led by Bryan. Bryan has an extraordinary background and will be a great moderator to lead this discussion. He and Joe now share the responsibilities for the Presidential Series reads and will be alternating book discussions. They are both Assisting Moderators for the Presidential Series.

We have added all of the books nominated on the Theodore Roosevelt thread. However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.

You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. Some of the TR books deal with only a certain period of his life, one is multi-volume (the Morris books - I have added both separately), some deal with other founding fathers too; some are all encompassing, others deal with specific events in TR's life or presidency and others are by the man, himself.

Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.

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Mornings on Horseback The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life & the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough

by David McCullough

11 votes, 37.9%

by Edmund Morris

3 votes, 10.3%

by Theodore Roosevelt

3 votes, 10.3%

by Edmund Morris

2 votes, 6.9%

The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy During the Last War With Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans (Classics of Naval Literature) by Theodore Roosevelt

by Theodore Roosevelt

2 votes, 6.9%

by Theodore Roosevelt

1 vote, 3.4%

by Douglas Brinkley

1 vote, 3.4%

by David Fromkin

1 vote, 3.4%

by Aida D. Donald

1 vote, 3.4%

by Candice Millard

1 vote, 3.4%

by Timothy Egan

1 vote, 3.4%

by Sidney M. Milkis

1 vote, 3.4%

by Nathan Miller

1 vote, 3.4%

by Theodore Roosevelt

0 votes, 0.0%

by Kathleen Dalton

0 votes, 0.0%

by Louis Auchincloss

0 votes, 0.0%

by Peter Collier

0 votes, 0.0%

by Edward J. Renehan

0 votes, 0.0%

Sterling Point Books Teddy Roosevelt American Rough Rider (Sterling Point Books) by John Garraty

by John A. Garrity

0 votes, 0.0%

by Patricia O'Toole

0 votes, 0.0%

by Lewis L. Gould

0 votes, 0.0%

by James Bradley

0 votes, 0.0%

by Dale L. Walker

0 votes, 0.0%

by H.W. Brands

0 votes, 0.0%

29 total votes

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