An edition of T.R: The Last Romantic (1997)

T. R.

the last romantic

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An edition of T.R: The Last Romantic (1997)

T. R.

the last romantic

1st ed.
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In his time there was no national figure more popular than Theodore Roosevelt. It was not only the energy he brought to political office that made him so popular, or his unshakable moral convictions, or even his stature as an authentic war herothe colonel who led the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War. Though scion of a privileged New York family, he was a man with an uncommon common touch. Theodore Roosevelt was loved by the American people because he loved them.

Yet, as H.W. Brands shows in this biography, an examination of the private life of Roosevelt reveals an individual whose great public strengths hid troubling personal deficiencies. His uncompromising moralism frequently dismayed friends and alienated those who might have been allies. His speeches and writings, reflecting a temperament obsessively full of itself, became targets of fierce satire. His historical works, paeans to heroism, typically displayed a fierce and belligerent nationalism.

Even more revealing is Roosevelt as son, brother, husband, and father. The compelling drama of Theodore Roosevelt's life continues to fascinate readers, and H.W. Brands, employing a wealth of private letters and previously unpublished material, tells his story as no biographer before him has.

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
897

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T.R: The Last Romantic
October 1998, Basic Books
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T.R.: The Last Romantic
November 1997, HarperCollins Publishers
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T. R.: the last romantic
1997, Basic Books
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 863-867) and index.

Published in
New York, NY
Genre
Biography.
Other Titles
Theodore Roosevelt

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.91/1/092, B
Library of Congress
E757 .B82 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 897 p. :
Number of pages
897

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL675251M
Internet Archive
trlastromantic00bran
ISBN 10
0465069584
LCCN
97021432
OCLC/WorldCat
36954615
Library Thing
45754
Goodreads
2225886

First Sentence

"Like all children, he believed that his home and family occupied the center of the universe; his gradual realization that they didn't occupy even the center of his native city would be a primary factor in driving him into public life."

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