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

3.0

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.