About this title: The second entry in Morris's projected three-volume life of Theodore Roosevelt focuses on the presidential years 1901 through early 1909. Impeccably researched and beautifully composed, Morris's book provides what is arguably the best consideration of Roosevelt's presidency ever penned. Illustrations.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780812966008ISBN:0812966007
Description: Good. Moderate shelf wear with moderate wear and tear to cover. Pages appear to be FREE of markings. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780394555096ISBN:0394555090
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780394555096ISBN:0394555090
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 0394555090 Hard cover book with jacket in good condition. Varying degrees of shelf wear, jacket may have small rip or tear. Book i...03338270 _ read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780394555096ISBN:0394555090
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. Return Policy Any defects, damages, or material differences with your item, must be reported to us within 7 days of receipt of the item or 30 days from date of shipment. The returned merchandise must be ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN-13:9780812966008ISBN:0812966007
Description: Fair. WATER SPILL made some of the pages stiff and wrinkled. No highlighting or underlining. Acceptable reading copy-Read it and pass it on! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN-13:9780812966008ISBN:0812966007
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight and square. No creases in cover or spine. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. No names, no marks, no stickers. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780812966008ISBN:0812966007
Description: Good. Cover has some edgewear and creases, inside pages are unmarked. We use delivery confirmation for all domestic orders where available. read more
Description: Reader copy. By Edmund Morris; ISBN: 0812966007; Pub. : Modern Library; Pub. Date: 2002-10-01; Media: Paperback; Weight: 18.4 oz.; Just about everything that can be wrong with a book is wrong with this one, but the pages are still totally readable and enjoyable. by Edmund Morris; ISBN: 0812966007; Pub. : Modern Library; Pub. Date: 2002-10-01; Media: Paperback; Weight: 18.4 oz.; Just about everything that can be wrong with a book is wrong with this one, but the pages are still totally readable ... read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Modern Library, 2002. Fine Book. Aside from some very light edge wear, overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780812966008ISBN:0812966007
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. MInimal curling on one corner. Very minor chipping on one corner of spine. Text is clean and bright. Binding is tight. Definitely VG+ Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 792 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Modern Library, 2002. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Modern Library, 2002. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2001-11-20
ISBN-13:9780394555096ISBN:0394555090
Description: Excellent in excellent jacket. Sale for Charity. Proceeds go to fund our Social Service programs. All items are donations and are used, but are carefully checked for condition. This book looks like it just came from the bookstore. read more
"Edmund Morris must be a frustrated novelist. Not one to rely too heavily on primary resource material, or at least, not one to quote such resources directly, he prefers instead to take a cinematic view of Teddy Roosevelt's presidency, and the book does not read so much like history as historical novel. Sometimes the prose is florid and distracting, but at its best moments, the book is quite compelling. Clearly a Teddy sympathizer, Morris would make it seem that Roosevelt was nearly perfect, and his very few mistakes almost laughably insignificant. This being my first foray into TR biography, I would be interested to hear the opinions of biographers perhaps less lovestruck than Morris.
Note on the audio book version: The guy who reads this book has the very annoying affectation of reading all correspondence from foreign diplomats in the thick, stereotypical accent of whichever nation is in question."
"What a refreshing book on one of the most loved presidents...now and then. He was a political enigma -- a Repbulican Progressive. Confusing in his stand on the issues at time.
Loved business, hated taxes, loved the working class, wanted to bring minorities into the middle class, hated discrimination (except for Asian immigration -- or any immigration for that matter), loved conservation AND loved to hunt big game.
We could use a little of this type of leadership now. Would the public go for it -- probably not."
"This book covers Roosevelt's speedy introduction to the office of President with the assassination of McKinley to leaving the White House after his second term. It was an enjoyable, if not necessarily thorough account of Roosevelt's two terms in office. Some of the sections on his foreign policy dealings were a bit dry. The more interesting sections dealt with his domestic policies, dealings with race relations, dealing with organized labor, striking out at the organized trusts, the Panama Canal and the general day to day life of an extremely popular and curious president."
"Although it took me nearly a year to finish this book, it is no fault of the author: from the moment of TR's assumption of the Presidency following McKinley's assasination (the account of which really drew me in) until the end of the second term, Edmund Morris not only gives a detailed account of Roosevelt's presidency (oh, now I see why he joins Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore), but of his personal life and the times in which he lived. He was a fitness fanatic, constantly injuring himself in macho strength contests, but he also read fanatically, of the classics and world history. So many things we take for granted today were personal initiatives of TR: national parks and forests, conservation of natural resources, regulation of the food and drug industry, and taking on the robber barons and establishing federal control over interstate commerce. In foreign affairs, he brough Russia and Japan together in New Hampshire to end the Russo-Japanese war (and received the Nobel Peace Prize for this effort). He recognized the emerging power of Japan and sent the US Navy around the world for the first time to demonstrate US Power. And of course there is the Teddy Bear (page 174) and the Panama Canal.
What is brought forth here and is so astonishing is the establishment of the US as a (the?) major world power, only a few decades after the Civil War. Also evident from reading this book are the eternal, and depressing themes of racism (TR invited Booker T. Washington to the White House for dinner, and was criticized heavily for this friendship), polarizing politics (Roosevelt was criticized as a socialist for his progressive agenda), and terrorism (anarchists abounded at the time).
Almost two hundred pages of the book are footnotes and citations (a testimonial to Morris' thoroughness) , often with further interesting material: do not overlook these when you read this excellent biography."
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