The rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Biography of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, detailing his life from birth (1858) to his ascendancy to the Presidency (1901). This is the first book in Edmund Morris's trilogy on Roosevelt (followed by *Theodore Rex* and *Colonel Roosevelt*). It won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Bibliography or Autobiography and the 1980 National Book Award in Biography.

First sentence: ON THE LATE afternoon of 27 October 1858, a flurry of activity disturbed the genteel quietness of East Twentieth Street, New York City.

Year

1979

Language

English

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Editions

4

Reader rating

4.8 / 5 (5)

Pages

886

ISBN

9780345339027

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