Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore RooseveltBasic Books, 23/10/2007 - 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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... dollars a year , with sergeants and other officers being paid as much as six thousand , significantly more than the average middle - class income at that time . Of course , few would admit to the monies policemen collected from graft ...
... dollars a year , with sergeants and other officers being paid as much as six thousand , significantly more than the average middle - class income at that time . Of course , few would admit to the monies policemen collected from graft ...
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... dollars to Panama . An addi- tional forty million dollars went to the new canal bondholders , Frenchmen , and others . Their names were never specified nor have they been discovered subsequently in any records . The revolution in Panama ...
... dollars to Panama . An addi- tional forty million dollars went to the new canal bondholders , Frenchmen , and others . Their names were never specified nor have they been discovered subsequently in any records . The revolution in Panama ...
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... dollars paid from Bunau - Varilla's own pocket . Much of the money went to the Colombian army . The Colombian general was paid thirty thousand dollars in cash for sitting on his hands . His officers each received ten thousand dollars to ...
... dollars paid from Bunau - Varilla's own pocket . Much of the money went to the Colombian army . The Colombian general was paid thirty thousand dollars in cash for sitting on his hands . His officers each received ten thousand dollars to ...
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