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The rise of Theodore Roosevelt / Edmund Morris.

Morris, Edmund. (Author). Morris, Edmund. Theodore Rex. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781400069651 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 1400069653 (acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9780375756788 (pbk)
ISBN: 0375756787 (pbk)
Physical Description: xxxiv, 920 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Edition: Random House 2010 hardcover ed.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, c1979; this updated version first appeared as a trade paperback by Modern Library, 2001. Continued by: Theodore Rex.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [783]-788) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	New Year's Day, 1907 -- pt. 1. 1858-1886 : The very small person ; The mind, but not the body ; The man with the morning in his face ; The swell in the dog-cart ; The political hack ; The cyclone assemblyman ; The fighting cock ; The dude from New York ; The honorable gentleman ; The delegate-at-large ; The cowboy of the present ; The four-eyed maverick ; The long arm of the law ; The next mayor of New York -- Interlude: Winter of the blue snow, 1886-1887 -- pt. 2. 1887-1901 : The literary feller ; The silver-plated reform commissioner -- The dear old beloved brother -- The universe spinner -- The biggest man in New York -- The snake in the grass -- The glorious retreat ; The hot weather secretary ; The lieutenant colonel ; The rough rider ; The wolf rising in the heart ; The most famous man in America ; The boy governor ; The man of destiny -- September 1901.