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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... 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 turbulent age. Roosevelt was the most popular man in the country when he was president and was the ...
... 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 turbulent age. Roosevelt was the most popular man in the country when he was president and was the ...
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... president, he became president when William McKinley was assassinated. At forty-two years old, Roosevelt was the youngest president in history. His political career, jump-started by a war and hailed by progressives, was astonishingly ...
... president, he became president when William McKinley was assassinated. At forty-two years old, Roosevelt was the youngest president in history. His political career, jump-started by a war and hailed by progressives, was astonishingly ...
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... president to be so honored. He led the nation out of isolation and made it a part of the roiling world that needed a strong and impartial peacemaker. Roosevelt was the only progressive president in the history of the Republican Party ...
... president to be so honored. He led the nation out of isolation and made it a part of the roiling world that needed a strong and impartial peacemaker. Roosevelt was the only progressive president in the history of the Republican Party ...
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... president's call for free labor (slavery would not be extended into the territories and would ultimately end), infrastructure improvements, a sound banking system, the establishment of colleges, and more free land in the West for ...
... president's call for free labor (slavery would not be extended into the territories and would ultimately end), infrastructure improvements, a sound banking system, the establishment of colleges, and more free land in the West for ...
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... president since John Quincy Adams to speak a foreign language. Theodore was not fluent but he could read German. In the fall of 1872 the family went abroad again, but this time to the strikingly different Middle East. Teedie, almost ...
... president since John Quincy Adams to speak a foreign language. Theodore was not fluent but he could read German. In the fall of 1872 the family went abroad again, but this time to the strikingly different Middle East. Teedie, almost ...
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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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