Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore RooseveltBasic Books, 4 nov 2008 - 304 páginas New York State Assemblyman, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, New York City Police Commissioner, Governor of New York, Vice President and, at forty-two, the youngest President ever-in his own words, Theodore Roosevelt "rose like a rocket." He was also a cowboy, a soldier, a historian, an intrepid explorer, and an unsurpassed environmentalist-all in all, perhaps the most accomplished Chief Executive in our nation's history. In Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt, historian Aida Donald masterfully chronicles the life of this first modern president. TR's accomplishments in office were immense. As President, Roosevelt redesigned the office of Chief Executive and the workings of the Republican Party to meet the challenges of the new industrial economy. Believing that the emerging aristocracy of wealth represented a genuine threat to democracy, TR broke trusts to curb the rapacity of big business. He improved economic and social conditions for the average American. Roosevelt built the Panama Canal and engaged the country in world affairs, putting a temporary end to American isolationism. And he won the Nobel Peace Prize-the only sitting president ever so honored. Throughout his public career, TR fought valiantly to steer the GOP back to its noblest ideals as embodied by Abraham Lincoln. Alas, his hopes for his party were quashed by the GOP's strong rightward turn in the years after he left office. But his vision for America lives on. In lapidary prose, this concise biography recounts the courageous life of one of the greatest leaders our nation has ever known. |
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... knew him, acutely observed. An incandescent figure, by the age of forty he seemed invincible, with his jutting jaw, too-large teeth, gleaming eyes, spectacles, and a muscular body poised like a cat ready to strike. A steam engine xi ...
... knew him, acutely observed. An incandescent figure, by the age of forty he seemed invincible, with his jutting jaw, too-large teeth, gleaming eyes, spectacles, and a muscular body poised like a cat ready to strike. A steam engine xi ...
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... knew must be kept secret, as he would sometimes keep other pleasures hidden. Teedie's father, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., was the major influence on the boy. A sixth-generation New Yorker, he was exuberant and powerful, an impressive ...
... knew must be kept secret, as he would sometimes keep other pleasures hidden. Teedie's father, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., was the major influence on the boy. A sixth-generation New Yorker, he was exuberant and powerful, an impressive ...
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... knew that his mother wore her politics on her sleeves in the epochal Civil War years. She was a Confederate sympathizer and remained “unreconstructed to the day of her death,” or so he recorded in his autobiography. She clung to her ...
... knew that his mother wore her politics on her sleeves in the epochal Civil War years. She was a Confederate sympathizer and remained “unreconstructed to the day of her death,” or so he recorded in his autobiography. She clung to her ...
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... knew that Sherman's troops had trampled the Bulloch plantation and even looted the house. Mittie's stories very much overbalanced what Teedie learned of his Northern ancestors. A Roosevelt had been a New York senator and an ally of ...
... knew that Sherman's troops had trampled the Bulloch plantation and even looted the house. Mittie's stories very much overbalanced what Teedie learned of his Northern ancestors. A Roosevelt had been a New York senator and an ally of ...
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... knew,” but he added that he “was the only man of whom I was ever afraid.” Yet only once was Teedie reprimanded. So powerful was an admonition from Papa that no Roosevelt child sinned a second time. The children were cocooned at home for ...
... knew,” but he added that he “was the only man of whom I was ever afraid.” Yet only once was Teedie reprimanded. So powerful was an admonition from Papa that no Roosevelt child sinned a second time. The children were cocooned at home for ...
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I Rose Like a Rocket | 37 |
The Arc of Power | 77 |
Man of the Hour | 105 |
The Accidental President | 131 |
A Mandate at Last | 175 |
The Imperial Years | 209 |
Too Much Fame | 231 |
Acknowledgments | 267 |
Index | 271 |
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Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt A da DiPace Donald Vista previa restringida - 2007 |
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