An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th century
The warm and knowing biography traces Roosevelt's involvement in the politics of New York City and New York State, his celebrated, military career, and his ascent to the national political stage. Caricatured through history as the "bull moose", Roosevelt was in fact a man of extraordinary discipline whose refined and literate tastes actually helped spawn his fascination with the rough-and-ready world of war and wilderness.
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"A good, albeit brief, look at the live and career of one of America's most popular and flambouyant presidents. "
— Curtiss (4 out of 5 stars)
" not well written...just a cluge of facts. "
— Ryan, 4/13/2009Louis Auchincloss (1917– 2010), graduate of Yale with a law degree from the University of Virginia, was a New York lawyer whose polished fiction about high society began with several volumes issued under the pseudonym Andrew Lee. His novels include The Indifferent Children, A Law for the Lion, The Great World and Timothy Colt, Pursuit of the Prodigal, The House of Five Talents, Portrait in Brownstone, The Embezzler, and many others.