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A review by bryanspellman
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
5.0
When I got to page 30 in this book I was depressed. This man, sorry BOY had done more in his pre-teen years than I have in my 41. What an amazing story Theodore Roosevelt tells. Author, adventurer, cowboy, Colonel, husband, father, widower, politician, Rancher, naturalist, speaker, debater, dude, King maker, friend, humorist, newspaper columnist, Deputy, financial supporter, Big Game Hunter, Police Commissioner, Civil Service reformer, Conservationalist, Mountain Climber, student, authority on Naval Warfare. Asst. Secretary to the Navy, policy maker, spotlight hogger, far thinker, War Hero, Governor, American...
And this all by 40. And this is just one third of his story. It continues in Mr. Morris' incredibly well researched biography of this incredible man. You feel like you are reading a fiction novel, the narrative flows nicely and the story just jumps from the page. I cannot wait to finish this trilogy!
And this all by 40. And this is just one third of his story. It continues in Mr. Morris' incredibly well researched biography of this incredible man. You feel like you are reading a fiction novel, the narrative flows nicely and the story just jumps from the page. I cannot wait to finish this trilogy!