Theodore Roosevelt: Larger Than Life - Hardcover

Donnelly, Matt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0208025103 ISBN 13: 9780208025104

Publisher: Shoe String Press Inc.,U.S., 2003

Synopsis

Traces the life and career of the twenty-sixth president of the United States.

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Synopsis:

Theodore Roosevelt was a man who seemed to have endless reserves of energy. Only forty-three years old when he entered the White House, he was, in 1901, the youngest president ever and was re-elected three years later by the largest margin in history. This is his biography. To readers a century later, Roosevelt seems like a contradiction. A hunter whose home at Sagamore Hill was adorned with game-heads, he was also a lifelong naturalist and an ardent conservationist, responsible as president for establishing many millions of acres of public land. A reformist politician with sympathies for the downtrodden at home, as an imperialist he had no trouble supporting revolution abroad to further US access to the Pacific. A loving family man who played with children as if they were puppies, he could be downright vicious to political opponents. And finally, a vigorous soldier and rancher, Roosevelt also led the bookish life of a prodigious reader and author of many published books. As this book shows, it is precisely these paradoxes that make Roosevelt such an awesome figure in American history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shoe String Press Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0208025103
• ISBN 13: 9780208025104
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184