A review by bufally47
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

3.0

My dad would probably rate this 5 stars, though he says the second one is even better. I knew TR fit in insane amount of activity into one lifetime so I knew what to expect, to an extent. I can't help but think of that HIMYM episode where Ted and 2 others spend the whole night one-upping each other on TR's madcap exploits. I don't often dip into the world of biography. The research was exhaustive and sometimes the concise cleverness of the diction wowed me. But the whole second half seemed to drag on; I kept wondering how I was making so little progress rather than being wrapped up in the tale. I'd have liked to be more inside his head, or at least see more of his family. Perhaps that's all coming in the second book, but I confess I wouldn't bother to pick it up if it weren't for my dad.