Customer Review: Before I read the book, my image of Theodore Roosevelt was that of an avid hunter. However, after reading this book, I gained great respect for his foresight in recognizing the danger of overdevelopment and the necessity for nature conservationism. It made for a complex man who enjoyed hunting bears... more info
Customer Review: As children are wont to do, I, as a young voracious reader, had my heroes ranging from sports figures to Wyatt Earp to various Presidents of the United States. Among those elite people was the ever complex and fascinating Theodore Roosevelt, a man whose accomplishments politically and personally... more info
Customer Review: This is Morris's greatest historical cannon and literary achievement in a long illustrious career, and very much deserved the pulitzer for. This book gives you as much as any narration can into the motivations of this genius and how such an impeachable man was able to rise so fast in such corrupt... more info
Customer Review: This is a fantastic book for anyone who wishes to know about TR's achievements and the challenges he faced while in office. This in and of itself is a strength. There seem to be a plethora of books about TR's upbringing and his time after being in office, but this book goes about the task of only... more info
Customer Review: No one as interesting as Alice Roosevelt Longworth was can be all good, and she wasn't. I would recommend her biography to my granddaughter but she's not old enough to understand the big words. Nor some of the things Alice did with men other than her husband. So I bought this book based on the... more info
Customer Review: Theodore Roosevelt was a man's man. A New York kid whose taste for adventure was sparked in his boyhood by a dead seal for sale on a Broadway sidewalk. Harvard student, soldier, Rough Rider, youngest President ever and one who survived the assassin's bullet, maverick politician, Nobel Prize winner,... more info
Customer Review: As far as I know, no other biography has been written on Alice Roosevelt. Cordery gets high marks in detailing the life and love's of Alice, daughter of Teddy. She is a fascinating character, and while I do think the author goes a bit over reaching with her argument that Alice was a "washington... more info
Customer Review: My fourth grade daughter read the book for a project on a president. Very factual information given in book. Order of organization in book is good for her age. The book has been fun for her to read and myself as well as I followed along with her.
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