The rise of theodore roosevelt by edmund morris

In The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris presents a compelling and comprehensive biography of one of America's most dynamic and complex leaders.

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt () is a biography of United States President Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris and published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.

Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time.

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The Rise condemn Theodore Roosevelt

December 8,

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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
&#;The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt&#; is the first in a three-volume series by Edmund Morris about the life of the 26th president. Published in , this Pulitzer Prize-winning volume remains widely-read and extremely popular. Morris is also well known for his controversial &#;Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan&#; and is currently working on a biography of Thomas Edison.
This first volume covers Roosevelt&#;s pre-presidency thoroughly and with great vigor, beginning with his frail but stunningly precocious youth. Coverage is no less attentive as Theodore attends Harvard, enters politics as a New York state assemblyman and later heads west to become an ardent cowboy and rancher in the Dakotas.
With a piercing eye for detail, and dramatics, Morris documents Roosevelt&#;s return to politics as a reform-minded public servant, first as a civil service commissioner and later as a New York City police commissioner. The narrative is no less thrilling during Roosevelt&#;s outspoken service as Assistant Secretary of the Navy or when he leads the &#;Rough Riders&#; in Cuba during war with Spain. The action moderates only slightly when he becomes Governor of New York and, soon thereafter, McKinley&#;s Vice President.
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Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition of The Rise Of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edmund Morris. (illustrator). First Edition / First Printing. Octavo, pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Some residual dust along top edge of text block, bumped edge along rear panel. Internally fine. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $ on front flap, with "" and SBN at bottom of front flap, touch of shelf wear, a near fine example. This dust jacket makes reference to being "A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club," which can be confusing when differentiating between the first edition and a book club edition. The book club dust jacket has no retail price and none of the markers of the first state dust jacket. There is also a significant difference in the paper quality between both editions, evident when compared side by side. Following his Pulitzer Prize winning work on Theodore Roosevelt, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, author and historian Edmund Morris wrote Theodore Rex, which follows the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt from This work was followed by Colonel Roosevelt, which details the final years of Roosevelt's life and completes his trilogy.