All by Edmund Morris. Hardcover trilogy set available for $68
In his own time Theodore Roosevelt was called “the most interesting American” – an early biography even used that as the title. He was an explorer, a hunter, a historian, a rancher, a soldier, New York City Police Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of New York, Vice President of the United States, and, of course, President. He explored an unknown Brazilian river that now bears his name, founded a new political party, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and posthumously received the Medal of Honor, the only US President to receive it.
Morris is such a fine writer and Roosevelt such a captivating subject that even the most wonkish political details are compulsively readable. The scope of Roosevelt’s accomplishments require Morris to often address the political issues of the day (you’re going to learn about the importance of tariff reciprocity with Canada to the Taft administration) but he also captures Roosevelt’s uninhibited, exuberant nature, such as his habit of galloping on horseback through parks while President, firing at tree stumps with his revolver.
Three books barely seem adequate to chart the life of Theodore Roosevelt.
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