Theodore Roosevelt Best Known For - April 2024

Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough.Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as “a masterpiece” (John A. Gable, Newsday), it is the winner of the Los Angeles Times 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author of Truman, this is the story of a re... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0671447548
• ASIN: 0671447548
• ISBN: 0671447548
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron.After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights on the most punishin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0767913736
• ASIN: 0767913736
• ISBN: 9780767913737
• Brand: Random House
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Presidents of War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a preeminent presidential historian comes a “monumental and profoundly important” (Ron Chernow) saga of America’s wartime chief executivesBILL GATES’S SUMMER READING LISTTen years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any President, at times sending hundreds of thousands of American men and women to their deat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307409600
• ASIN: 0307409600
• ISBN: 9780307409607
• Manufacturer: Crown

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

• ASIN: B003WJQ7JO
• ASIN: B003WJQ7JO
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Theodore Roosevelt: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of US Presidents Book 26)

Theodore RooseveltThere was truly no one like Theodore Roosevelt. From a sickly boy, Teddy (as the world came to know him) would transform himself into the apex of vigor and energy. From husband, father and rancher to hunter, governor and president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt led a most extraordinary life. Inside you will read about...✓ Early Life & Education✓ Early Political Career and Marriage✓ The Old West and a New Beginning✓ Early Public Life✓ Becoming a National Figure✓ Governor and Vice President✓ Presidency✓ Post-Presidency✓ Election of 1912 and Final Yea... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01INE5VJO
• ASIN: B01INE5VJO

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

The #1 bestseller that tells the remarkable story of the generations of American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris, the intellectual, scientific, and artistic capital of the western world, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned, told by America’s master historian, David McCullough.Not all pioneers went west. In The Greater Journey, David McCullough tells the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, and others who set off for Paris in the years ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1416571779
• ASIN: 1416571779
• ISBN: 1416571779
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Theodore Rex

Theodore Rex 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 cre... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812966007
• ASIN: 0812966007
• ISBN: 0812966007
• Brand: Random House Trade
• Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Theodore Roosevelt Abroad: Nature, Empire, and the Journey of an American President

In a life full of momentous episodes, Theodore Roosevelt's fifteen-month post-presidential odyssey to Africa and Europe has never been given its due place. A tale of daring adventure, international celebrity, a friendship lost, and a political legacy transformed, Theodore Roosevelt Abroad is the first full account of this important time in history.

• ASIN: 0230102778
• ASIN: 0230102778
• ISBN: 0230102778
• Brand: Palgrave MacMillan
• Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan

Mark Twain: Part 1

• ASIN: B002P3CVM0
• ASIN: B002P3CVM0

Who Was Dr. Seuss?

Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books- like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings an amazingly gifted author/illustrator to life.

• ASIN: 0448455854
• ASIN: 0448455854
• ISBN: 0448455854
• Brand: Grosset & Dunlap
• Manufacturer: Penguin Workshop

His Father's Son: The Life of General Ted Roosevelt, Jr.

The story of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., a fortunate son who proved himself on the battlefields of two world wars.General Omar Bradley said of him, “I have never known a braver man or a more devoted soldier.” But for much of his life, Theodore Roosevelt’s son Ted seemed born to live in his father’s shadow. With the same wide smile, winning charm, and vigorous demeanor, Ted possessed limitless potential, with even the White House within his reach. In the First World War, Ted braved gunfire and gas attacks in France to lead his unit into battle. Yet even after returning home a hero, he was... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101988150
• ASIN: 1101988150
• ISBN: 1101988150
• Brand: New American Library
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Amazon Exclusive ! - Theodore Roosevelt Bust - Great Americans Collection

Amazon Exclusive - We are the only Amazon Store Authorized to sell this Bust - Label on bottom of Bust Theodore Roosevelt,Jr. (1858-1919) Theodore Roosevelt,Jr., Known to the public as Teddy, became the twenty-sixth president of the United States (1901-1909), the youngest man to ever to be president when he succeeded the assassinated William McKinley in 1901 at the age of 42. Roosevelt extended the power both of the presidency and of the federal government to protect the public interest in battles between business and labor. He steered the United States actively into world politics quoting a f... [Read More]

• ASIN: B002AAL1II
• UPC: 749035116002
• ASIN: B002AAL1II
• Brand: Great Americans
• Manufacturer: Great Americans

How to Fight Presidents: Defending Yourself Against the Badasses Who Ran This Country

Make no mistake: Our founding fathers were more bandanas-and-muscles than powdered-wigs-and-tea.  As a prisoner of war, Andrew Jackson walked several miles barefoot across state lines while suffering from smallpox and a serious head wound received when he refused to polish the boots of the soldiers who had taken him captive. He was thirteen years old. A few decades later, he became the first popularly elected president and served the nation, pausing briefly only to beat a would-be assassin with a cane to within an inch of his life. Theodore Roosevelt had asthma, was blind in one eye, survived... [Read More]

• ASIN: 038534757X
• ASIN: 038534757X
• ISBN: 038534757X
• Brand: Three Rivers Press CA
• Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press

Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The acclaimed, award-winning historian—“America’s new past master” (Chicago Tribune)—examines the environmental legacy of FDR and the New Deal.Douglas Brinkley’s The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt’s spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley turns his attention to the other indefatigable environmental leader—Teddy’s distant cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, chronicling his essential yet under-sung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062089234
• ASIN: 0062089234
• ISBN: 0062089234
• Brand: HarperCollins
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America's Greatest Political Family

The award-winning author presents a provocative, thoroughly modern revisionist biographical history of one of America’s greatest and most influential families—the Roosevelts—exposing heretofore unknown family secrets and detailing complex family rivalries with his signature cinematic flair.Drawing on previously hidden historical documents and interviews with the long-silent "illegitimate" branch of the family, William J. Mann paints an elegant, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking group portrait of this legendary family. Mann argues that the Roosevelts’ rise to power and prestig... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062383337
• ASIN: 0062383337
• ISBN: 0062383337
• Brand: Harper
• Manufacturer: Harper

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Focuses on Roosevelt's pre-presidential career, covering the period between 1858 to 1901, during which time Roosevelt built himself up from a frail asthmatic youth to a robust man with varied

• UPC: 1249627
• Rating: 4.714

Mornings on Horseback : The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

Examines the life of Theodore Roosevelt from age ten to twenty-seven, focusing on the influence of his family relationships and experiences on his growth to

• UPC: 392400
• Rating: 4.185

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Described by the "Chicago Tribune" as "a classic, "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" stands as one of the greatest biographies of our

• UPC: 14495226
• Rating: 4.714

The Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt

The Autobiography of Theodore

• UPC: 53266094
• Rating: 4.0

Mornings On Horseback : The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

Examines the life of Theodore Roosevelt from age ten to twenty-seven, focusing on the influence of his family relationships and experiences on his growth to

• UPC: 2363946
• Rating: 4.185

The Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt

The Autobiography of Theodore

• UPC: 53687407
• Rating: 4.0

The Cowboy President : The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt

The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt reveals how Roosevelt's time spent in the Western Dakota Territory helped him recover from an overwhelming personal loss, but more importantly, how it

• UPC: 406218537

Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt - eBook

Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth President of the United States. A leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Party, he was a Governor of New York and a professional historian, naturalist, explorer, hunter,

• UPC: 539979502
• Rating: 4.0

Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt - eBook

Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth President of the United States. A leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Party, he was a Governor of New York and a professional historian, naturalist, explorer, hunter,

• UPC: 441916667
• Rating: 4.0

Theodore Roosevelt - eBook

The 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was a quintessential American whose bold personality shines through in every line of this deeply engaging memoir. In addition to detailing his contributions in Washington, D.C.,

• UPC: 262323899
• Rating: 4.0