Theodore Rex - (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Edmund Morris (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The second entry in Morris's projected three-volume life of Theodore Roosevelt focuses on the presidential years 1901 through early 1909. Impeccably researched and beautifully composed, Morris's book provides what is arguably the best consideration of Roosevelt's presidency ever penned. Illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER - "A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension."--<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b> <p/><b>WINNER OF THE<i> LOS ANGELES TIMES</i> BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY - "[<i>Theodore Rex</i>] is one of the great histories of the American presidency, worthy of being on a shelf alongside Henry Adams's volumes on Jefferson and Madison."--<i>Times Literary Supplement</i></b> <p/><i>Theodore Rex</i> is the story--never fully told before--of Theodore Roosevelt's two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, "TR" succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhuman energy, charm, and political skills. He proceeded to combat the problems of race and labor relations and trust control while making the Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But his most historic achievement remains his creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest. <p/><i>Theodore Rex</i> ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"In Edmund Morris, a great president has found a great biographer. . . . Every bit as much a masterpiece of biographical writing as <i>The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt</i>, which won the Pulitzer Prize." --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>"As a literary work on Theodore Roosevelt, it is unlikely ever to be surpassed. It is one of the great histories of the American presidency, worthy of being on a shelf alongside Henry Adams's volumes on Jefferson and Madison." --<i>Times Literary Supplement</i> <p/>"Take a deep breath and dive into <i>Theodore Rex</i>, Edmund Morris's sequel to his 1979 masterpiece, <i>The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt</i>. . . . He writes with a breezy verve that makes the pages fly." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <p/>"Roosevelt is a biographer's dream, an epic character not out of place in an adventure novel." --<i>The Christian Science Monitor</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Edmund Morris was born and educated in Kenya and went to college in South Africa. He worked as an advertising copywriter in London before immigrating to the United States in 1968. His biography <b>The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt </b>won the Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award in 1980. After spending several years as President Reagan's authorized biographer, he published the national bestseller <b>Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan</b> in 1999. He has written extensively on travel and the arts for such publications as <i>The New Yorker, The New York Times</i>, and <i>Harper's Magazine</i>. Edmund Morris lives in New York and Washington with his wife and fellow biographer, Sylvia Jukes Morris.
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