Author

Contributions

  • Morris, Edmund. - Contributor

Publication

2001 - Modern Library, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

230,000 words, Guess

Page Count

920 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC973.91/1/092
  • DDCB
  • LCCE757 .M883 2001

Description

Biography of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, detailing his life from birth (1858) to his ascendancy to the Presidency (1901). This is the first book in Edmund Morris's trilogy on Roosevelt (followed by *Theodore Rex* and *Colonel Roosevelt*). It won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Bibliography or Autobiography and the 1980 National Book Award in Biography.

First Sentence

ON THE LATE afternoon of 27 October 1858, a flurry of activity disturbed the genteel quietness of East Twentieth Street, New York City.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography

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  • The rise of Theodore RooseveltModern Library2001-01-01
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