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4.44 AVERAGE
4.44 AVERAGE
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Easy to read, informative and enjoyable summary of Roosevelt’s climb to the Presidency.
I read this back in 1998. I just finished https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452811-the-imperial-cruise and now I definitely have to go back and re-read this.
Without a doubt, I would've been gushing about this book as it helped me navigate a time of transition away from my first relationship and into a new town and a new school.
Without a doubt, I would've been gushing about this book as it helped me navigate a time of transition away from my first relationship and into a new town and a new school.
The one thing about this that sticks in my craw is the suggestion that it was a good thing that Alice died.
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I'm so glad I picked this up in the weeks leading up to the election. It was particularly interesting because the Republicans had talked about TR quite a bit at their convention. The funny thing is, TR is just about as different from George W. Bush and today's Republican Party as you could get.
Morris tells the completely engrossing story of Theodore Roosevelt's youth and early political career, all the way up to his short vice presidency. TR led a fascinating life and the way Morris writes, it can be easy to forget this is non-fiction. And, at the same time, Morris relentlessly documents everything. While biographers often have to imagine what their subjects might have thought at various times, TR was such a prolific writer that Morris is often able to just quote him directly.
And, while Morris clearly likes his subject, he is not afraid to show Roosevelt's weaknesses. You get the complete picture of TR as a master politician, but also as a fallible human being.
The book is nearly 800 pages long, but it was never slow. You get adventure, political intrigue, humor, and personal insight. I completely loved it and can't wait to read the next volume.
Morris tells the completely engrossing story of Theodore Roosevelt's youth and early political career, all the way up to his short vice presidency. TR led a fascinating life and the way Morris writes, it can be easy to forget this is non-fiction. And, at the same time, Morris relentlessly documents everything. While biographers often have to imagine what their subjects might have thought at various times, TR was such a prolific writer that Morris is often able to just quote him directly.
And, while Morris clearly likes his subject, he is not afraid to show Roosevelt's weaknesses. You get the complete picture of TR as a master politician, but also as a fallible human being.
The book is nearly 800 pages long, but it was never slow. You get adventure, political intrigue, humor, and personal insight. I completely loved it and can't wait to read the next volume.
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No one can claim a lack of research or intimate detail of the minutiae of Roosevelt went into this. Morris' bias shines through in many points, quotes or actions that should raise Roosevelt as being nearly as flawed as the rest of us are taken in stride and given a shiny gilding to excuse them away. Still Roosevelt is a fascinating specimen of a very specific time in American history, the exploration of which sheds a fair light on what it truly means to be an American.