MIAMI BEACH, FL (August 14, 2008)―Join the Wolf Pack* and the Association of Yale Alumni on Friday, August 22, 2008 at 7pm for a public talk and book signing with Joshua Hawley, author of Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness (Yale University Press; 2008; $35.00). The book explores the dimensions of Roosevelt’s politics—its historical context, intellectual sources, practice, and its effect on his era and our own.

While prevailing present-day scholarship contends that Roosevelt’s thinking was of little historical importance, this book offers a fresh and persuasive argument that our twenty-sixth president was underestimated as a thinker. To disdain Roosevelt’s politics is to overlook his important and lasting contributions to the shape of modern America. With considerable eloquence, Hawley portrays Roosevelt as a serious political thinker who inspired social reform, shaped political movements, and accelerated the United States’ transition from republicanism to progressive, modern, liberal politics. “Warrior republicanism” is how Hawley refers to the political science practiced by President Theodore Roosevelt.

Hawley examines Roosevelt’s political thought more deeply than ever before to arrive at a fully revised understanding of his legacy: Roosevelt galvanized a twenty-year period of national reform that permanently altered American politics and Americans’ expectations for government, social progress, and presidents.

The public talk takes place in the auditorium and the book signing and reception follow in the lobby of The Wolfsonian. For more information or to RSVP, please contact 305.535.2631 or thea@thewolf.fiu.edu. The event is sponsored by the Yale Club and David R. Sanchez of Stonehaven LLC, and in collaboration with Legal Art Miami. Admission is $10.

About the Author
Joshua Hawley received his A.B. in History from Stanford University in 2002, graduating with highest honors. At Stanford, he was the recipient of the President's Award for Academic Excellence and the History Department Birdsall Prize. Hawley spent the year following his graduation in the United Kingdom as the John Colet Teaching Fellow at St. Paul's School, London. He went on to earn his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2006, where he was an Articles Editor for The Yale Law Journal and President of the Yale Federalist Society. From 2006-07, Hawley served as a judicial clerk to Judge Michael W. McConnell of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has recently completed a judicial clerkship with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., of the U.S. Supreme Court. This autumn, Hawley will travel to the United Kingdom as a Temple Bar Scholar.

*About the Wolf Pack
 The Wolf Pack is a close-knit group of young professionals with a ravenous appetite for architecture, design, and all things Wolfsonian. Highly social, they gather regularly to interact with Wolfsonian curators and other leaders of the cultural community for enlightening discussions and exceptional feasts.

About The Wolfsonian–Florida International University
The Wolfsonian–FIU is a museum and research center that uses objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design to explore what it means to be modern, and to tell the story of social, political, and technological changes that have transformed the world. The approximately 120,000 artifacts that comprise The Wolfsonian collection range from fine art, graphic design, and political propaganda to furniture, rare books, and ephemeral materials such as postcards and travel brochures. Since opening to the public just ten years ago, The Wolfsonian has developed and disseminated critically acclaimed exhibitions, publications, and educational programs that highlight the impact of design in shaping the modern world. Its vast patrimony of primary source materials provides unparalleled opportunities for scholarship and appreciation, making it a unique resource for local, national, and international audiences.

The Wolfsonian is located at 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Fla. Admission is $7 adults; $5 seniors, students, and children six-12; free for Wolfsonian members, State University System of Florida staff and students with ID, children under six, and Miami Beach residents with ID. The museum is open Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday from noon-6pm; Thursday and Friday from noon-9pm; and is closed on Wednesday. Contact us at 305.531.1001 or visit us online at www.wolfsonian.org.

The Wolfsonian receives ongoing support from the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Crispin Porter + Bogusky; Continental Airlines, the Official Airline of The Wolfsonian; the Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation; and Pistils & Petals.

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