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| Original Title: | The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt |
| ISBN: | 0375756787 (ISBN13: 9780375756788) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Theodore Roosevelt #1 |
| Characters: | Theodore Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt |
| Literary Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1980), National Book Award for Biography (Hardcover) (1980) |
Edmund Morris
Paperback | Pages: 816 pages Rating: 4.23 | 40085 Users | 1688 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt #1) |
| Author | : | Edmund Morris |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 2001 Modern Library Paperback Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 816 pages |
| Published | : | November 20th 2001 by The Modern Library (first published 1979) |
| Categories | : | Biography. History. Nonfiction. Politics. Presidents. North American Hi.... American History. Biography Memoir |
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'Colonel Roosevelt,' which takes its title from Roosevelt's favourite way of being addressed during his emeritus years, follows the African Journey with Mr. Morris's characteristic care. He uses primary sources, sometimes even rough drafts of letters and documents, and goes well beyond Roosevelt's own writing - which is exhausting even to contemplate, since he once claimed that he wrote between 100,000 and 150,000 letters a year. (..) The close attention in detail in 'Colonel Roosevelt' also extends to its choices of photographs. Mr. Morris seems to have been determined to use startling lifelike picture rather than blandly studied ones. (..) Post-Safari in 1910 America's showiest ex-president went to Europe and found himself greatly in demand. (..) While in Europe, Roosevelt fulfilled Taft's request that he join hordes of royalty at the funeral of Edward VII (..) Back stateside Roosevelt made a concerted effort to avoid speaking ill of Taft. And Mr. Morris described exactly how that effort fell apart as Roosevelt developed aspirations for 1912. 'Although he was not running, he was running,' Mr. Morris writes. 'Even as he maintained his vow of silence, he was shouting from the hustings.' As 'Colonel Roosevelt' describes how Roosevelt's 'Bull Moose' campaign, via the breakaway Progressive Party, managed to hobble the Republican Taft and elect a Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, this book is at its most intensively political. Campaign events and calculations dominate this part of the story. And Mr. Morris's research is thorough enough to amplify an already well-documented part of the Roosevelt story. (..) The end of Roosevelt's life was a bitter time. The war had begun. The four Roosevelt sons and their father had all trained for preparedness, two boys would be wounded; a third would be killed in France. 'What made this loss so devastating to him was the truth it conveyed,' Mr. Morris writes about Roosevelt's reaction: 'that death in battle was no more glamorous than death in an abattoir.' Learn more:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/boo...Rating Based On Books The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt #1)
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It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready to take advantage of them.It was probably unfair to read this so soon after Ron Chernow's Grant, which is still the best biography I've read to date. Morris does an exceptional jobhoweverthis book is filled with rather mundane minutia and not as much heart or character as I was hoping for. Maybe I just like an underdog story (Grant) more than aI had to give this book 5 stars because frankly, it is one of the finest biographies I have ever read. It is a narrative of TR's life told by a writer who is obviously one of the presidents biggest fans. That said, Morris does not allow his admiration and respect for his subject to cloud his judgment. When he determines that TR got it wrong, he says so. If there is one criticism that I have it is that Edith and TR's relationship is not really dealt with in any meaningful way. I would like to
Written Oct. 2014, minor revisions 19 Nov. 2017 - This 8 disc abridged audio version of the book makes me very sorry that this is only an abridged version, since I noticed many significant gaps that I want to know more about:1. Father's family history - just how wealthy were the Roosevelts? Where did the money come from?2. Mother's family history - how important were the slaves in the family? What happened to the family and the slaves during the civil war? How did her mother (Teddy's maternal
Teddy Roosevelt ranks among the most colorful characters in American history. We all have heard of the charge of Roosevelt's Raiders up San Juan Hill. But who knows that Teddy once captured a horse thief? Who knows that Roosevelt was a prolific writer, and somewhat of an expert scientist? Teddy ranks alongside characters such as Alexander the Great, George Armstong Custer and Kit Carson as people one wonders, "How did they do so much in a single life?" Edmund Morris is one of the best writers of
A monster of a book fitting a monster of a man. Theodore Roosevelt's life is the stuff of fantasy, right up there with history's greatest men Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Napoleon. This first book in a three book series by Morris covers Roosevelt's life from his birth until the brink of his first presidency. In those forty something years he packs several lifetimes.The writing is full on detail but doesn't feel boring. It draws clear pictures of the characters of the time and their
Theodore Roosevelt is one of our most admired presidents. It seems that regardless of one's political viewpoints there is something about him that one can admire. There is a laundry list: Liberals, conservatives, gun-owners, hunters, conservationists, doves, hawks, capitalists, socialists, racists. You name the cause or special interest and it seems that Theodore Roosevelt covered it -a true Renaissance Man . Wait a minute what was that last thing, racists? Yes I included racists in that list.
This is a forty-year-old biography that is as fresh today as it was in the 1970s. "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" is the best-known of modern biographies of Theodore Roosevelt, although it only covers his life up to his accession to the Presidency, in 1901. It wholly warrants its reputationthe writing is clear and compelling, the facts are relevant and interesting, and the author, Edmund Morris, treats the man through the lens of his time, not with any jarring ideological overlay imported from
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