By the final chapter, as the great "Teddy" prepares to quit the White House, it will be a hard-hearted listener who does not share the sentiment of Henry Adams: "The old house will seem dull and sad when my Theodore has gone. It is written throughout in real time, reflecting the world as TR saw it. Theodore Rex does not attempt to justify TR's notorious action following the Brownsville Incident of 1906 - his worst mistake as president - but neither does this resolutely honest biography indulge in the easy wisdom of hindsight. Interspersed with many stories of Rooseveltian triumphs are some bitter episodes - notably a devastating lynching - that remind us of America's deep prejudices and fears. Surprisingly, this victory transforms him from a patrician conservative to a progressive, responsible between 19 for a raft of enlightened legislation. TR's speed of thought and action, and his total command of all aspects of presidential leadership, from bureaucratic subterfuge to manipulation of the press, make him all but invincible in 1904, when he wins a second term by a historic landslide. Theodore Rex, full of cinematic detail, moves with the exhilarating pace of a novel, yet it rides on a granite base of scholarship. It is a well-written, informative and detailed work outlining. The book won the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography.The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex begins by following new president Theodore Roosevelt as he takes his emergency oath of office in Buffalo, upon the assassination of President McKinley one hundred years ago. Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris is a very good book detailing the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
He said that Theodore Rex showed the apotheosis of Roosevelt's life in a way that is "epic in scope and vast in detail". Cole praised the book along with the rest of the trilogy. Theodore Rex covers the years of the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, from 1901 to 1909, covering events such as the construction of the Panama Canal, as well as the Roosevelt Administration's political, diplomatic and military exploits during the aforementioned period. The definitive trilogy of biographies chronicling the storied life of the United States’ youngest President, Theodore Roosevelta consummate writer, soldier, naturalist, and politicianand his two world-changing terms in office. It is the second volume of a trilogy, preceded by the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (1979) and succeeded by Colonel Roosevelt which was published on November 23, 2010. President Theodore Roosevelt written by author Edmund Morris.
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Cover artist John Singer Sargent, Official White House portrait of Theodore Roosevelt - 1903 (portion)
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