Woodrow Wilson, Louis Auchincloss
Woodrow Wilson, Louis Auchincloss
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Woodrow Wilson

Author: Louis Auchincloss

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 3 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/13/2000

Synopsis

Woodrow Wilson sheds new light on Wilson’s upbringing and career and shows the grim determination that carried him to the presidency just before World War I. From the dynamic figure whose ringing speeches hypnotized vast crowds, to the gentle voice reading poetry to his children, to the rising academic and president of Princeton who made the giant leap into politics, here are all the triumphs and the final tragic irony of this flawed apostle of world peace. 

In this portrait of Woodrow Wilson, Auchincloss examines a president who is perhaps better remembered for the force of his personality than for his accomplishments. He leaves us to ponder the extent to which Wilson’s character shaped subsequent history.

About The Author

Louis Auchincloss is the author of many novels and story collections, including Her Infinite Variety and Woodrow Wilson. He lives in New York City.Paul Boehmer appeared in the acclaimed Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband and on television in Frasier, Judging Amy, Guiding Light, Star Trek, and All My Children. He loves narrating audiobooks, and he lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Franz on March 18, 2018

This is a quick read, which provides a brief and informative summary about the political climate in the US leading up and including WWI. I found it interesting as it provided a glimpse into how the US felt about WWI, something I knew nothing about. To my thinking, WWI had always been a European war......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on August 23, 2011

The farther away we get from World War I, the less popular is Woodrow Wilson. Although still ranked in the top 10, the flaws have started to show through, and Auchincloss covers them all in this sketch biography: inflexible, unwilling to compromise, a messiah complex. His quick rise to the presidenc......more

Goodreads review by Joe on July 30, 2009

I was surprised by how little I knew about this significant and fascinating president. Apparently he was widely regarded as a brilliant scholar and as a remarkable orator years before becoming president of Princeton. His election to governor of New Jersey was just a preliminary step to becoming pres......more

Goodreads review by Bryan on May 09, 2009

Louis Auchincloss book Woodrow Wilson is a short and excellent biography. As I read this book and picked up on the common themes of Wilson’s presidency such as he was a moralist, a scholar, and antiestablishment politician. I began to think about Plato’s Republic and his concept of the philosopher k......more

Goodreads review by Peter A. on August 08, 2014

This is a short biography but it gives an idea of the person of Woodrow Wilson. I think it is rather balanced since it renders insight on the positive character traits and deeds that Wilson has done but it also touches the negative side of the person. That helped me more u derstanding the man in the......more

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