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Woodrow Wilson:a Life
[Paperback - 2009]
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Publisher: Penguin Books | ISBN: 9780143116400 | Pages: 144
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A portrait of a century?s greatest political mastermind

Our tw ent y-eighth president was, says Louis Auchincloss, ?the greatest idealist who ever occupied the White House.? Now, in Woodrow Wilson, Auchincloss sheds new light on Wilson?s upbringing and career, from the grim determination that enabled him to overcome dyslexia to the skillful dance of isolationism and intervention in World War I to the intransigence that?despite his most cherished vision?caused the Senate?s rejection of the League of Nations. From the dynamic figure whose ringing speeches hypnotized vast crowds, to the gentle voice reading poetry to his children, Auchincloss presents all the triumphs and the final tragic irony of this flawed apostle of world peace.

Louis Stanton Auchincloss was an American novelist, historian, and essayist.Among Auchincloss's best-known books are the multi-generational sagasThe House of Five Talents, Portrait in Brownstone, andEast Side Story. Other well-known novels includeThe Rector of Justin, the tale of a renowned headmaster of a school like Groton trying to deal with changing times, andThe Embezzler, a look at white-collar crime. Auchincloss is known for his closely observed portraits of old New York and New England society.

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