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  • Published: 15 April 2007
  • ISBN: 9780375724657
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $44.99
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Crusader Nation

The United States in Peace and the Great War: 1898-1920




In this absorbing history of progressive-era America, acclaimed historian David Traxel paints a vivid picture of a tumultuous time of change that was the foundation for the twentieth century.. With WWI on the horizon, the struggles to end child labor, improve public health, advance education, win votes for women, and rid cities of corrupt political machines brought forth passionate responses from millions of Americans. There was a demand for reform and a desire for a more efficient and compassionate society. From wide-eyed dreamers to hard-line politicians, seasoned reporters to diary keeping soldiers, these crusaders–Jack Reed, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Margaret Sanger, and “Mother” Jones to name a few–come alive in these pages.

  • Published: 15 April 2007
  • ISBN: 9780375724657
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $44.99
Categories:

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Praise for Crusader Nation

"David Traxel's vivid prose brings alive a time in America when social reforms took center stage and political life was dominated by people who wanted to make the United States a kinder, more caring country. Superbly written--a book that will make all Americans take heart." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"Here, over twenty years, was the stunning rise of the crusader spirit--muscular, reformist, bighearted--and its equally sudden wane. Writing with force, passion, and scope, David Traxel takes the reader through a fascinating kaleidoscope of events at the start of twentieth-century America. Bravo for this significant achievement." --Jay Winik, author of April 1865: The Month That Saved America

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