The rise of Theodore Roosevelt
A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, covering the years from his birth in 1858 to 1901 when, with the death of President McKinley, he became the youngest president of the United States.
| Main Author: | Morris, Edmund. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Random House,
[2010]
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| Edition: | Random House 2010 harcover ed. |
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| Summary: |
A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, covering the years from his birth in 1858 to 1901 when, with the death of President McKinley, he became the youngest president of the United States. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published: New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, ©1979; this updated version first appeared as a trade paperback by Modern Library, 2001. Continued by: Theodore Rex. |
| Physical Description: |
xxxiv, 920 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Awards: |
National Book Award, 1980 Pulitzer Prize, 1980 |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 783-788) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781400069651 1400069653 9780375756788 0375756787 |
| Author Notes: |
He won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1980 for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. His other books included Theodore Rex, Beethoven: The Universal Composer, Colonel Roosevelt, and Edison. He was best known for Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, where he inserted himself as a fictional narrator. He also wrote about travel and the arts for numerous publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Harper's Magazine. He died after a stroke on May 24, 2019 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) |