Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore RooseveltBasic Books, 04/11/2008 - 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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... Teedie. By the time he was three years old, he was suffering from bronchial asthma, which gave him a special place ... Teedie's lungs into action. Teedie was born into an old,rich,and aristocratic family. His father 2 lion in the white house.
... Teedie. By the time he was three years old, he was suffering from bronchial asthma, which gave him a special place ... Teedie's lungs into action. Teedie was born into an old,rich,and aristocratic family. His father 2 lion in the white house.
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... Teedie's father received a simple brownstone with a yard at 28 East Twentieth Street, between Fifth Avenue and Broadway. It was furnished “in the canonical taste” of New York, Roosevelt remembered, “the black horsehair furniture in the ...
... Teedie's father received a simple brownstone with a yard at 28 East Twentieth Street, between Fifth Avenue and Broadway. It was furnished “in the canonical taste” of New York, Roosevelt remembered, “the black horsehair furniture in the ...
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... Teedie was oblivious to his mother's domestic and maternal deficiencies, for Mittie was affectionate and playful with her children. As a couple, Mittie and Thee, as the senior Roosevelt was known, provided an example to their children ...
... Teedie was oblivious to his mother's domestic and maternal deficiencies, for Mittie was affectionate and playful with her children. As a couple, Mittie and Thee, as the senior Roosevelt was known, provided an example to their children ...
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... Teedie was a homebody as a very young boy, whether in the city, on vacation in the Adirondacks, or at Oyster Bay, and he preferred the country, where he could go barefoot, play at being a cowboy or an Indian, or even at being a farmer ...
... Teedie was a homebody as a very young boy, whether in the city, on vacation in the Adirondacks, or at Oyster Bay, and he preferred the country, where he could go barefoot, play at being a cowboy or an Indian, or even at being a farmer ...
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... Teedie sided with his father and used his mother's apostasy to his advantage when in trouble. Roosevelt wrote that once, as a small child, while awaiting punishment by his mother for a transgression, he defended himself by praying out ...
... Teedie sided with his father and used his mother's apostasy to his advantage when in trouble. Roosevelt wrote that once, as a small child, while awaiting punishment by his mother for a transgression, he defended himself by praying out ...
Índice
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From Cocoon to the World | 19 |
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 |
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