Theodore Roosevelt was a man of contradictions: a warrior who won the Nobel Peace prize, a wealthy man who battled corporate greed, a thinker who prized action more than words (but who wrote fine books himself). He was also, writes Louis Auchincloss in this lucid biography, an extraordinary leader,
Theodore Roosevelt : a biography
โ Scribed by Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958
- Book ID
- 110193483
- Publisher
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 439 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"A Harvest/HBJ book.";Includes index;Teedie -- Growth -- Thou goddess, indifference! -- Especially pretty Alice -- butter and jam -- I rose like a rocket -- Practical politician -- Gentleman cowhand -- The years between -- A job once more -- Sword of righteousness -- The nation in peril -- Lord of the Navy -- A bully fight -- Reward for a hero -- Yearnings and consummation -- Middle of the road -- The first attack -- The rights of labor -- The big stick -- Setting for a melodrama -- I took Panama -- Trimming sail -- The imperial years begin -- Imperial years -- The Japanese menace -- Malefactors of great wealth -- The wicked speculators -- Substantial justice -- Handing down the law -- End of the reign -- The first error -- Among the kings -- Return triumphant -- True democracy -- Battling for the lord -- Drums of war -- The final blow;Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 1932;Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 1932
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Two-term president. Nobel Peace Prize winner. Commander of the Rough Riders. Avid conservationist. Adventurer. All of these and more, Theodore Roosevelt lived his long life to the fullest and left a legacy still remembered more than ninety years after his death. He started his long, successful polit
Two-term president. Nobel Peace Prize winner. Commander of the Rough Riders. Avid conservationist. Adventurer. All of these and more, Theodore Roosevelt lived his long life to the fullest and left a legacy still remembered more than ninety years after his death. He started his long, successful polit
Theodore Roosevelt was a man of contradictions: a warrior who won the Nobel Peace prize, a wealthy man who battled corporate greed, a thinker who prized action more than words (but who wrote fine books himself). He was also, writes Louis Auchincloss in this lucid biography, an extraordinary leader