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

5.0

I have read a lot of literature on T.R. due to an independent study while I was at Tufts and this was my favorite biography of the many about him. I liked it better than Theodore Rex, which deals with his actual presidency. This really gave you a fairly complete picture of the man, and why he was the way he was. Morris clearly adores T.R. and you can see the admiration throughout the book, but I don't think it results in a one-sided account. Heavy reliance on the words of the man himself, via letters, etc.