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Title: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library (Paperback)) by Edmund Morris ISBN: 0-375-75678-7 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 20 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (112 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Delightfully entertaining
Comment: While perusing The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt the reader is left to wonder if Teddy Roosevelt was really that fascinating or if Edmund Morris is just that good of a writer. The facts in this book lay out a strong case in favor of "The Colonel," as he preferred to be called after the Spanish-American War and his famous charge up San Juan Hill. From his sickly, asthmatic youth as a globetrotting child naturalist through his years as a legislator and politician and later cowboy adventurer, Roosevelt lived a life of almost fictional proportions.
What makes Morris' book so good is his ability to make the more mundane aspects of his early success in the New York State legislature as intriguing as the capture of the trio of horse thieves lead by "Redhead Finnegan" in the Badlands of South Dakota.
Too often, histories of famous people fail to delineate the capacities that made them so interesting. Roosevelt's eccentricities were also his endearing qualities and Morris does an excellent job of describing them so that we see them in that light.
If I have any reservations with this book, and they are minor, one is that Morris proves once again, that the United States and England (or in his case, South Africa) are two countries separated by a common language. Unless you're a professor of the Queen's English, many of Morris' descriptions will send the reader to the dictionary. Short of that, it's hard to fault this outstanding book.
Rating: 5
Summary: As Good As It Gets
Comment: Edmund Morris, originally contracted to write the biography of Teddy Roosevelt's life, found so much material in his pre-presidential life that he fashioned an entire, amazing book from it (Morris also has difficulty "ending" his writing projects).
Great biographies manage to both give you insight into the subject but also illustrate the times, and Morris does a phenomenal job of both. He colorfully describes TR's private and public lives, including the death of his first wife, his stint as NYC Police Commissioner, his journeys to the Badlands, and his time as Secretary of the Navy.
Through first hand accounts we are made to really understand Roosevelt and his mannerisms, his moods, and his passion. Morris is able to connect all of the varied aspects of TR's life -- his environmentalism, his war-like impulses, his reformer nature.
This is a vivid, compelling biography that gives you the measure of a great, great man. Morris is not a prolific writer, but he is a gifted one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow! An outstanding story about an amazing person
Comment: Teddy Roosevelt is surely one of the most captivating figures in history, and this book is an incredibly lively and vivid chronicle of his rise to the American presidency. Edmund Morris writes in delightful prose with colorful imagery and funny stories, and provides an astounding level of detail. You will not want to put down this book; it is as mesmerizing as Tolkien's Ring. It is hard to imagine a better-written story. Mr. Roosevelt is abundant in charisma, intelligence, and drive. If you can only read one book on the man, choose this one.
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Title: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris ISBN: 0812966007 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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