The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD . The acclaimed author of Theodore Rex presents "a towering biography and brilliant chronicle" (Time) of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States.

One of Modern Library's 100 best nonfiction books of all time . One of Esquire's 50 best biographies of all time

"Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment."-The New York Times Book Review

During the years 1858-1901, 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 1886, he became the country squire of Sagamore Hill on Long Island, a flamboyant civil service reformer in Washington, D.C., and a night-stalking police commissioner in New York City. As assistant secretary of the navy, he almost single-handedly brought about the Spanish-American War. After leading "Roosevelt's Rough Riders" in the famous charge up San Juan Hill, Cuba, he returned home a military hero, and was rewarded with the governorship of New York. In what he called his "spare hours" he fathered six children and wrote fourteen books. By 1901, the man Senator Mark Hanna called "that damned cowboy" was vice president. Seven months later, an assassin's bullet gave Roosevelt the national leadership he had always craved.

This classic biography is the story of seven men-a naturalist, a writer, a lover, a hunter, a ranchman, a soldier, and a politician-who merged at age forty-two to become the youngest President in history.

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	9780375756788
ISBN 10	0375756787
Title	The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Author	Edmund Morris
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2001-11-20
Number of pages	960
Prizes	Winner of Pulitzer Prize 1980
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