A review by jrgcanes07
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

3.0

Liked the book however I learned many dismaying aspects of Roosevelt such as his tendency and belief in Anglo-Saxon superiority and the need for American Empire. It strikes me that he believed it suitable to eradicate black,brown, and indigenous people for the sake of conquest yet also longed to preserve the natural beauty of the United States. He truly was a man we should judge based on the limitations of thought,politics, and philosophy of the times which he rose to prominence.