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Theodore Rex

By Morris, Edmund
Theodore Rex
The second entry in Morris's projected three-volume life of Theodore Roosevelt focuses on the presidential years 1901 through early 1909. Impeccably researched and beautifully composed, Morris's book provides what is arguably the best consideration of Roosevelt's presidency ever penned. Illustrations.

Details

Authors: Morris, Edmund
Copyright: 2001
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780812966008
ISBN10: 0812966007
Page Count: 792
Dimensions: 5.22x1.37x8.01
Publisher: Random House Trade
Jacket Notes: Theodore Rex" is the story--never fully told before--of Theodore Roosevelt's two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, "TR" succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhuman energy, charm, and political skills. He proceeded to combat the problems of race and labor relations and trust control while making the Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But his most historic achievement remains his creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest. Theodore Rex ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents.

Strand Notes

The sequel to the author's 1979 masterpiece, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, this eagerly awaited second volume tells the good, bad and ugly about the man who seduced the American body politic into a state of almost total subservience to his will some one hundred years ago. "Full of cinematic detail." A New York Times Bestseller. B&W illus. 772p.

Description

Theodore Rex is the story--never fully told before--of Theodore Roosevelt's two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, "TR" succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhuman energy, charm, and political skills. He proceeded to combat the problems of race and labor relations and trust control while making the Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But his most historic achievement remains his creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest. Theodore Rex ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents.
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