Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * "Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and [Edmund] Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. . . . A moving, beautifully rendered account."--Fred Kaplan, The Washington PostThis biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex, marks the completion of a trilogy sure to stand as definitive.
Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. What other president has written forty books, hunted lions, founded a third political party, survived an assassin's bullet, and explored an unknown river longer than the Rhine?
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.
"Hair-raising . . . awe-inspiring . . . a worthy close to a trilogy sure to be regarded as one of the best studies not just of any president, but of any American."--San Francisco Chronicle
Edmund Morris was born in Kenya and raised there before attending college in South Africa. Before moving to the United States in 1968, he worked as an advertising copywriter in London. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, his debut book, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1980. In 2002, Theodore Rex, the sequel, earned the Los Angeles Times Award for Biography. Morris became President Reagan's authorized biographer in the time between these two volumes, and released the national bestseller Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan.
Beethoven: The Universal Composer is his most recent work. Edmund Morris and his wife, Sylvia Jukes Morris, live in New York City and Kent, Connecticut, respectively.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375757075 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375757074 |
| Title | Colonel Roosevelt |
| Author | Edmund Morris |
| Series | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2011-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 784 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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