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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... writer, cowboy, politician, en- vironmentalist. Now he added soldier. Soon enough, he would add president and world leader to the list. In every realm he mastered whatever task he took on. He was, quin- tessentially, a reformer in a ...
... writer, cowboy, politician, en- vironmentalist. Now he added soldier. Soon enough, he would add president and world leader to the list. In every realm he mastered whatever task he took on. He was, quin- tessentially, a reformer in a ...
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... writer. He alternated between writing ordinary biographies for income and true masterpieces, such as The Winning of the West, which made him small fortunes. He became a civil service commissioner in Washington for six years and then ...
... writer. He alternated between writing ordinary biographies for income and true masterpieces, such as The Winning of the West, which made him small fortunes. He became a civil service commissioner in Washington for six years and then ...
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... writing interest, his reform temperament, and concern for nature were his gifts to his nephew. Teedie was alert to politics at a very young age. He knew that his mother wore her politics on her sleeves in the epochal Civil War years ...
... writing interest, his reform temperament, and concern for nature were his gifts to his nephew. Teedie was alert to politics at a very young age. He knew that his mother wore her politics on her sleeves in the epochal Civil War years ...
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... writing. He wrote natural histories, including one on the seal, as well as “The Foraging Ant” and “The Natural History of Insects,” the last when he was nine years old. When he was fourteen, Theodore asked to be allowed to wear glasses ...
... writing. He wrote natural histories, including one on the seal, as well as “The Foraging Ant” and “The Natural History of Insects,” the last when he was nine years old. When he was fourteen, Theodore asked to be allowed to wear glasses ...
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... writing. Many diary passages are romantically descriptive, precise, and informative. He wrote on November 28, 1872, “How I gazed on it! It was Egypt, the land of the dreams; Egypt the most ancient of all countries! A land that was old ...
... writing. Many diary passages are romantically descriptive, precise, and informative. He wrote on November 28, 1872, “How I gazed on it! It was Egypt, the land of the dreams; Egypt the most ancient of all countries! A land that was old ...
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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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