Wilson
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From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitiveand revelatorybiography of one of the great American figures of modern times.
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From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author A. Scott Berg comes the definitiveand revelatorybiography of one of the great American figures of modern times.
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, "a brilliant biography"* of the 28th president of the United States. *Doris Kearns Goodwin
One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, and one of the most enigmatic. And now, after more than a decade of research and writing, Pulitzer Prize winning author A. Scott Berg has completed Wilson the most personal and penetrating biography ever written about the twenty-eighth President.
In addition to the hundreds of thousands of documents in the Wilson Archives, Berg was the first biographer to gain access to two recently discovered caches of papers belonging to those close to Wilson. From this material, Berg was able to add countless details even several unknown events that fill in missing pieces of Wilson s character, and cast new light on his entire life.
From the visionary Princeton professor who constructed a model for higher education in America to the architect of the ill-fated League of Nations, from the devout Commander in Chief who ushered the country through its first great World War to the widower of intense passion and turbulence who wooed a second wife with hundreds of astonishing love letters, from the idealist determined to make the world safe for democracy to the stroke-crippled leader whose incapacity and the subterfuges around it were among the century s greatest secrets, from the trailblazer whose ideas paved the way for the New Deal and the Progressive administrations that followed to the politician whose partisan battles with his opponents left him a broken man, and ultimately, a tragic figure this is a book at once magisterial and deeply emotional about the whole of Wilson s life, accomplishments, and failings. This is not just Wilson the icon but Wilson the man.
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ASCENSIONSo then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received uvp into heaven, and sate on the right hand of God.
Mark, XVI:19
Dawn broke that day on a new epoch, one that would carry the name of a man whose ideas and ideals would extend well into the next century.
Shortly after seven o clock on Wednesday, December 4, 1918, the sun rose over Hoboken, just as the nine-car special train of the twenty-eighth President of the United States chugged its way through the New Jersey city that fronted the western piers of New York harbor. One thousand soldiers and a Marine Corps guard of honor joined the local police in restraining the hundreds who stood in the chilly first light in hopes of catching a glimpse of the illustrious passenger. They wanted nothing more, wrote one observer, than to cheer the president and to wish him God-speed on his momentous voyage. At last, the flag-draped locomotive sputtered to a halt so that its central car named Ideal stopped before a red carpet leading to Pier 4. A battalion of the 13th United States Infantry surrounded the train.
The passengers remained on board until eight o clock, at which time President Woodrow Wilson and his second wife, Edith, stepped off the train, prompting a rousing rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner from an Army band. Brigadier General G. H. McManus, commander of the Port of Embarkation, stepped forward to welcome his Commander in Chief. In the last eighteen months, McManus s port had witnessed the deployment of two million doughboys (as American soldiers were called) who had gone off to fight the Hun and win the first truly global war in history. General John J. Pershing, who had led the American Expeditionary Force, had rallied his armies from the outset with the vow that they would be in Heaven, Hell or Hoboken by Christmas of 1917.
A year later than Pershing had promised, President Wilson tipped his hat and greeted the surrounding soldiers and sailors before proceeding
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through a huge shed, which was lined with three hundred Army Transport Service girls in khaki and infantrymen bearing fixed bayonets. Hundreds of flags, those of the United States and the Allied nations Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Italy most recognizable among them hung from the ceiling of this vast hall. Wilson walked beneath the glorious array and onto his home for the next ten days, the United States steamship George Washington. On December 4, 1917, that same ship had transported her first five thousand troops to fight in the war over there. Now the great vessel was about to convey President Wilson and his team of aides and experts on a voyage of peace to Europe not only to conclude what had been the greatest conflagration in the history of man but also to create a document that might guarantee that they had just fought the war to end all wars.
As the President and Mrs. Wilson ascended the gangplank, the naval band on board struck up Hail to the Chief, after which it reprised the National Anthem. Then the Wilsons settled into their flower-filled accommodations. The President s suite consisted of a green-curtained bedroom and bath and a large office, with a mahogany desk on which sat a white telephone for shipboard calls; attached to a wall was a wireless telephone by which the President could communicate with Washington or the Pennsylvania, the lead escort ship. Mrs. Wilson s bedroom decorated in ivory with a pink bedspread, curtains, and plump cushions connected to a large bath, a dining room large enough to seat six comfortably, and a sitting room with a writing desk, chairs, and a table. It was all to her liking, except for the soldiers outside their staterooms and patrolling the decks.
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As the President and Mrs. Wilson ascended the gangplank, the naval band on board struck up Hail to the Chief, after which it reprised the National Anthem. Then the Wilsons settled into their flower-filled accommodations. The President s suite consisted of a green-curtained bedroom and bath and a large office, with a mahogany desk on which sat a white telephone for shipboard calls; attached to a wall was a wireless telephone by which the President could communicate with Washington or the Pennsylvania, the lead escort ship. Mrs. Wilson s bedroom decorated in ivory with a pink bedspread, curtains, and plump cushions connected to a large bath, a dining room large enough to seat six comfortably, and a sitting room with a writing desk, chairs, and a table. It was all to her liking, except for the soldiers outside their staterooms and patrolling the decks.
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Autoren-Porträt von A. Scott Berg
A. Scott Berg is the author of Wilson and four previous bestselling biographies: Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (1978) winner of the National Book Award; Goldwyn, for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship; Lindbergh, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; and Kate Remembered, his biographical memoir of Katharine Hepburn. Berg lives in Los Angeles.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: A. Scott Berg
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 12 Jahre
- 2014, 880 Seiten, Maße: 15,3 x 22,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin US
- ISBN-10: 0425270068
- ISBN-13: 9780425270066
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for A. Scott Berg s Wilson [A] breathtaking biography. The Boston Globe
A brilliant biography that still resonates in America today. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Magisterial . . . At once intimate, sweeping, and authoritative. Los Angeles Times
Berg, an elegant, prizewinning biographer whose fluent prose and honest sense of majesty have much in common with Wilson s own writing, is especially well-suited to his subject. The New Yorker
With the prescience that all truly great biographers possess, Berg discovered in Woodrow Wilson a figure who would understand Washington s current state of affairs. Vanity Fair
Mr. Berg reminds us of Wilson s wit. . . . And he reminds us of Wilson s tragedy. . . . A very good work of history. The Wall Street Journal
Mr. Berg s Wilson succeeds magnificently . . . It is no mean biographical achievement to have revealed Wilson the man with such delicacy and empathy. The Washington Times
The most personal and penetrating biography written about the twenty-eighth president. New York Daily News
[A] landmark biography. Louisville Courier-Journal
[A] majestic biography . . . Insightful and intimate. Richmond Times-Dispatch
By far the best single study of Wilson s life and times . . . Berg s study should remain the standard biography of this tragic figure for a long time. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Should be required reading . . . Berg s illumination of the president s humanity is riveting. Fort Worth Star-Telegram
[A] masterly portrait. Simon Winchester, The Wall Street Journal holiday gift guide
An astonishing tale, narrated with moving efficiency and precision by Scott Berg. Robert McCrum, The Guardian (UK)
Penetrating . . . readers can walk away with a profound and unique perspective on the man, offered by one of our most gifted biographers. Deseret News
It has taken nearly a century for someone with Berg s own, somewhat Wilsonian drive to take the full measure of
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this singular president whose soul echoes, fitfully, in the professorial aura and singularity of Barack Obama. USA Today
Berg is a masterful biographer; his books on Charles Lindbergh, Samuel Goldwyn, and Max Perkins have received well-deserved plaudits and prizes. Wilson is a comparably rewarding reading experience. . . . An absorbing look at a formative period in American history and a magnanimous appraisal of an uncommon leader whose controversial idealism resounds to this day. The Miami Herald
No previous biographer has told [Wilson s] story so well. The Daily Beast
Exhaustively researched and wonderfully written. . . . This vivid portrait of Wilson and America has much to offer readers who understand that the world and our nation are still confronting many of the issues that Wilson faced in the White House a century ago. Bookreporter.com
Berg s research is deep and thorough. Booklist (starred review)
Readable, authoritative, and, most usefully, inspiring. Kirkus Reviews
[An] excellent biography. Library Journal (starred review)
Berg is a masterful biographer; his books on Charles Lindbergh, Samuel Goldwyn, and Max Perkins have received well-deserved plaudits and prizes. Wilson is a comparably rewarding reading experience. . . . An absorbing look at a formative period in American history and a magnanimous appraisal of an uncommon leader whose controversial idealism resounds to this day. The Miami Herald
No previous biographer has told [Wilson s] story so well. The Daily Beast
Exhaustively researched and wonderfully written. . . . This vivid portrait of Wilson and America has much to offer readers who understand that the world and our nation are still confronting many of the issues that Wilson faced in the White House a century ago. Bookreporter.com
Berg s research is deep and thorough. Booklist (starred review)
Readable, authoritative, and, most usefully, inspiring. Kirkus Reviews
[An] excellent biography. Library Journal (starred review)
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