About this title: New York State Assemblyman, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, New York City Police Commissioner, Governor of New York, Vice President and, at forty-two, the youngest President ever-in his own words, Theodore Roosevelt rose like a rocket. He was also a cowboy, a soldier, a historian, an intrepid explorer, and an unsurpassed environmentalist-all in ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2008-11-03
ISBN-13:9780465010240ISBN:0465010245
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2008-11-03
ISBN-13:9780465010240ISBN:0465010245
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780465002139ISBN:0465002137
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2007-10-22
ISBN-13:9780465002139ISBN:0465002137
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"Excellent and fun for a biography. It tells the brief story of the huge project the Panama Canal encompassed. Rough Riders Philippines and Cuba few of the incredible adventures this President and fan of Abraham Lincoln."
"Nice little on-the-go book for autobiography and half-assed history buffs. Not for the thorough, and if you have a strong command of our nation's past you probably won't learn anything new. I knew nothing about Roosevelt, but now I know at the very least he was a bad ass."
"Very imprssive man and president. He was multitalented: writer, environmentalist, soldier, politician at many levels including president. He built the Panama Canal and on the Nobel Peace prize.
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New York State Assemblyman, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, New York City Police Commissioner, Governor of New York, Vice President and, at forty-two, the youngest President ever--in his own words, Theodore Roosevelt "rose like a rocket." He was also a cowboy, a soldier, a historian, an intrepid explorer, and an unsurpassed environmentalist--all in all, perhaps the most accomplished Chief Executive in our nation's history. In Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt, historian Aida Donald masterfully chronicles the life of this first modern president.
TR's accomplishments in office were immense. As President, Roosevelt redesigned the office of Chief Executive and the workings of the Republican Party to meet the challenges of the new industrial economy. Believing that the emerging aristocracy of wealth represented a genuine threat to democracy, TR broke trusts to curb the rapacity of big business. He improved economic and social conditions for the average American. Roosevelt built the Panama Canal and engaged the country in world affairs, putting a temporary end to American isolationism. And he won the Nobel Peace Prize--the only sitting president ever so honored.
Throughout his public career, TR fought valiantly to steer the GOP back to its noblest ideals as embodied by Abraham Lincoln. Alas, his hopes for his party were quashed by the GOP's strong rightward turn in the years after he left office. But his vision for America lives on.
In lapidary prose, this concise biography recounts the courageous life of one of the greatest leaders our nation has ever known."
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