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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

How did a young New York reformer, writer and defeated mayoral candidate rise to become the nation's most famous man?

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Author
Edmund Morris

Why read it

  • You will see how private grief, from his wife's death to his brother's drinking, ran beside a fast rising public career
  • You will notice how Roosevelt rebounded from defeat, coming home bronzed and vigorous months after losing the race for mayor
  • You will learn the old truism Roosevelt discovered as a young author, that writers write best when removed from the scene

Who it is for

  • A reader of presidential biography who wants the early years
  • Someone curious how privileged young men enter public life
  • A history lover drawn to New York and the American West

Contents

  1. PROLOGUE: NEW YEAR’S DAY, 1907
  2. Part One - 1858–1886
  3. CHAPTER 1 The Very Small Person
  4. CHAPTER 2 The Mind, But Not the Body
  5. CHAPTER 3 The Man with the Morning in His Face
  6. CHAPTER 4 The Swell in the Dog-Cart
  7. CHAPTER 5 The Political Hack
  8. CHAPTER 6 The Cyclone Assemblyman
  9. CHAPTER 7 The Fighting Cock
  10. CHAPTER 8 The Dude from New York
  11. CHAPTER 9 The Honorable Gentleman
  12. CHAPTER 10 The Delegate-at-Large
  13. CHAPTER 11 The Cowboy of the Present
  14. CHAPTER 12 The Four-Eyed Maverick
  15. CHAPTER 13 The Long Arm of the Law
  16. CHAPTER 14 The Next Mayor of New York
  17. INTERLUDE: Winter of the Blue Snow, 1886–1887
  18. CHAPTER 15 The Literary Feller
  19. CHAPTER 16 The Silver-Plated Reform Commissioner
  20. CHAPTER 17 The Dear Old Beloved Brother
  21. CHAPTER 18 The Universe Spinner
  22. CHAPTER 19 The Biggest Man in New York
  23. CHAPTER 20 The Snake in the Grass
  24. CHAPTER 21 The Glorious Retreat
  25. CHAPTER 22 The Hot Weather Secretary
  26. CHAPTER 23 The Lieutenant Colonel
  27. CHAPTER 24 The Rough Rider
  28. CHAPTER 25 The Wolf Rising in the Heart
  29. CHAPTER 26 The Most Famous Man in America
  30. CHAPTER 27 The Boy Governor
  31. CHAPTER 28 The Man of Destiny
  32. EPILOGUE: SEPTEMBER 1901
  33. THE MODERN LIBRARY EDITORIAL BOARD
  34. Read on for a preview from Edmund Morris’s COLONEL ROOSEVELT

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