Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady - Softcover

Morris, Sylvia Jukes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679728635 ISBN 13: 9780679728634

Publisher: Vintage Books, 1990

Synopsis

Previously unpublished letters and diaries are used to portray the life of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and to assess the mark that she left as first lady

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Review

"Marvelously full-blooded, engagingly written."
--"Newsweek"
"An endlessly engrossing book, at once of historical and human importance... Morris's indefatigably busy camera catches everything that is catchable. The result is a narrative that one will want to return to and mull over, conscious of the hundred and one details that might have been missed the first time around, and with a reader's freedom to speculate that Morris admirably denies herself."
--R.W.B. Lewis, "The Washington Post"
"Morris excels at putting Edith in her place in charge of the First Family at a heady time in American history."
--"Newsweek"
"A splendid biography... One reads on, intrigued by the character that emerges."
--"Chicago Sun-Times"
"This biography represents craftsmanship of the highest order."
--"The Christian Science Monitor
"
"A story as fascinating and well-written as a novel."
--"Worcester Telegram"
"A superb life story enchantingly told."
--"Richmond Times-Dispatch"
"A warmly vivid account of a refined, intelligent, and gracious lady and a contribution to the history of an era."
--David H. Burton, St. Joseph's University

"Marvelously full-blooded, engagingly written."
--Newsweek

"An endlessly engrossing book, at once of historical and human importance... Morris's indefatigably busy camera catches everything that is catchable. The result is a narrative that one will want to return to and mull over, conscious of the hundred and one details that might have been missed the first time around, and with a reader's freedom to speculate that Morris admirably denies herself."
--R.W.B. Lewis, The Washington Post

"Morris excels at putting Edith in her place in charge of the First Family at a heady time in American history."
--Newsweek

"A splendid biography... One reads on, intrigued by the character that emerges."
--Chicago Sun-Times

"This biography represents craftsmanship of the highest order."
--The Christian Science Monitor

"A story as fascinating and well-written as a novel."
--Worcester Telegram

"A superb life story enchantingly told."
--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"A warmly vivid account of a refined, intelligent, and gracious lady and a contribution to the history of an era."
--David H. Burton, St. Joseph's University

About the Author

Sylvia Jukes Morris is the author of Rage for Fame: The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce. She lives with her husband, Edmund Morris, in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679728635
• ISBN 13: 9780679728634
• Binding: Paperback