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A review by reemeyer
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
5.0
I forgot how much I enjoy a good biography, and this is a really good biography. I knew almost nothing about Theodore Roosevelt, and realized while reading this that my US History education centers almost entirely around wars (TR did participate in the Spanish American War as part of the Rough Riders, but couldn’t have placed that war in the correct century.)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt begins with his birth and ends with the telegraph informing Vice President Roosevelt that William McKinley died from a gunshot wound (he was shot by an anarchist), spanning the post reconstruction years to the dawn of the 20th century. I learned a lot about the history and politics of that period, though this reads like a novel (mostly because of TR’s colorful probably-an-enneagram-8 personality.)
I listened to this on audio, the narrator does a great job (but it is long, over 700 pages in book form...)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt begins with his birth and ends with the telegraph informing Vice President Roosevelt that William McKinley died from a gunshot wound (he was shot by an anarchist), spanning the post reconstruction years to the dawn of the 20th century. I learned a lot about the history and politics of that period, though this reads like a novel (mostly because of TR’s colorful probably-an-enneagram-8 personality.)
I listened to this on audio, the narrator does a great job (but it is long, over 700 pages in book form...)