Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote

Undaunted, Will confronted Rose on a street corner and administered what the newspapers termed a terrible beating. He reportedly lifted him up and dashed him to the pavement, executing continuous blows and hammering the man’s head against the ground until Rose promised to leave town that very night. The story of the thrashing made news across the country. The feeling among all classes of citizens, observed the Bismarck Tribune, is that Mr. Taft did a public service and ought to have a medal.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Undaunted, Will confronted Rose on a street corner and administered what the newspapers termed a terrible beating. He reportedly lifted him up and dashed him to the pavement, executing continuous blows and hammering the man’s head against the ground until Rose promised to leave town that very night. The story of the thrashing made news across the country. The feeling among all classes of citizens, observed the Bismarck Tribune, is that Mr. Taft did a public service and ought to have a medal.

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About Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. She has written biographies of numerous U.S. presidents. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington. She was also executive producer of "Abraham Lincoln", a 2022 docudrama on the History Channel. This latter series was based on Goodwin's Leadership in Turbulent Times.