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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
4.0
'The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt' is long. Clocking in at around 24 hours, it took me about a month to listen to the whole thing when played between 2x-3x speed.
I felt like the time raced by. When it ended, I was hungry for more.
'The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt' is an exhaustive, yet still briskly moving, look at Roosevelt's life from birth through to his ascension to the Presidency. When dealing with the episode of the man's life with which I am very familiar, his time with the Rough Riders, the book gives the reader a sense of the Cuba Campaign without getting bogged down in the details. This gives me confidence in the reliability of the rest of the tome and wins my respect for author Edmund Morris's brevity and judgment.
Your experience with 'The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt' will depend primarily on your interest in / tolerance for Roosevelt himself. He was a big personality, cocksure and aristocratic while mastering the skill of connecting with everyday people. Some will (Many did!) find him insufferable, and some will (Many did!) find him a hero. Whatever your affinity for the man, the book is meticulously researched, well written, and altogether enjoyable. Again, I look forward to the next volume.
I felt like the time raced by. When it ended, I was hungry for more.
'The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt' is an exhaustive, yet still briskly moving, look at Roosevelt's life from birth through to his ascension to the Presidency. When dealing with the episode of the man's life with which I am very familiar, his time with the Rough Riders, the book gives the reader a sense of the Cuba Campaign without getting bogged down in the details. This gives me confidence in the reliability of the rest of the tome and wins my respect for author Edmund Morris's brevity and judgment.
Your experience with 'The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt' will depend primarily on your interest in / tolerance for Roosevelt himself. He was a big personality, cocksure and aristocratic while mastering the skill of connecting with everyday people. Some will (Many did!) find him insufferable, and some will (Many did!) find him a hero. Whatever your affinity for the man, the book is meticulously researched, well written, and altogether enjoyable. Again, I look forward to the next volume.