The rise of theodore roosevelt by edmund morris

  • In The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris presents a compelling and comprehensive biography of one of America's most dynamic and complex leaders.
  • The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt () is a biography of United States President Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris and published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.
  • Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time.

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    The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

    December 8,
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    Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition of The Rise Of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edmund Morris. (illustrator). First Edition / First Printing. Octavo, pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Some residual dust along top edge of text block, bumped edge along rear panel. Internally fine. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $ on front flap, with "" and SBN at bottom of front flap, touch of shelf wear, a near fine example. This dust jacket makes reference to being "A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club," which can be confusing when differentiating between the first edition and a book club edition. The book club dust jacket has no retail price and none of the markers of the first state dust jacket. There is also a significant difference in the paper quality between both editions, evident when compared side by side. Following his Pulitzer Prize winning work on Theodore Roosevelt, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, autho

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    The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

    book by Edmund Morris

    The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt () is a biography of United States PresidentTheodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris and published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan when the author was forty years old. It is the first in a trilogy continued more than twenty and thirty years later by Theodore Rex () and Colonel Roosevelt (). It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography[1] and the National Book Awardin Biography.[2][a]

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    The Rise covers the time from Roosevelt's birth through his ascendancy to the Presidency.[3] It includes the Roosevelt family history starting with his parents' influence, his turbulent childhood illnesses, education, involvement in politics, and political accomplishments that prepared him to be one of the most influential presidents of the modern era. Specific topics include the philosophy of Roosevelt's father, mother, and his famil

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