By: Edmund Morris. More in Modern Library Series. Write a Review. Wishlist Wishlist. Advanced Search Links. Add To Cart. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - eBook. Aesop's Fables - eBook. Frost: Poems - eBook. The Rough Riders. During the years —, Theodore Roosevelt transformed himself from a frail, asthmatic boy into a full-blooded man.
Fresh out of Harvard, he simultaneously published a distinguished work of naval history and became the fist-swinging leader of a Republican insurgency in the New York State Assembly. He chased thieves across the Badlands of North Dakota with a copy of Anna Karenina in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other. Married to his childhood sweetheart in , he became the country squire of Sagamore Hill on Long Island, a flamboyant civil service reformer in Washington, D.
As assistant secretary of the navy, he almost single-handedly brought about the Spanish-American War. His is a story so prodigal in its variety, so surprising in its turns of fate, that previous biographers have treated it as a series of haphazard episodes. Compatible with any devices. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhuman energy, charm, and political skills.
He proceeded to combat the problems of race and labor relations and trust control while making the Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But his most historic achievement remains his creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest. Theodore Rex ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents. A moving, beautifully rendered account.
Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. Packed with more adventure, variety, drama, humor, and tragedy than a big novel, yet documented down to the smallest fact, this masterwork recounts the last decade of perhaps the most amazing life in American history. This book, the only biography ever authorized by a sitting President--yet written with complete interpretive freedom--is as revolutionary in method as it is formidable in scholarship.
Morris developed a fascination for the genial yet inscrutable President and, after Reagan's landslide reelection in , put aside the second volume of his life of Roosevelt to become an observing eye and ear at the White House. Click Get Books and find your favorite books in the online library. Create free account to access unlimited books, fast download and ads free! The first edition of the novel was published in , and was written by Edmund Morris.
The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format. The main characters of this biography, history story are. Skip to content. The Roosevelt Myth2. Buy Now from Mises Store.
Roosevelt is the most sainted president of the 20th century. You have to look far and wide to discover the truth about his character and policies.
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