{"product_id":"theodore-rex-paperback","title":"Theodore Rex - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - \"A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE\u003ci\u003e LOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY - \"[\u003ci\u003eTheodore Rex\u003c\/i\u003e] 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.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheodore Rex\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheodore Rex\u003c\/i\u003e ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheodore 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 creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest. Theodore Rex ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund Morris\u003c\/b\u003e was born and educated in Kenya and attended college in South Africa. He worked as an advertising copywriter in London before immigrating to the United States in 1968. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1980. Its sequel, \u003ci\u003eTheodore Rex, \u003c\/i\u003e won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Biography in 2001. In between these two books, Morris became President Reagan's authorized biographer and wrote the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eDutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan\u003c\/i\u003e. He then completed his trilogy on the life of the twenty-sixth president with \u003ci\u003eColonel Roosevelt, \u003c\/i\u003e also a bestseller, and has published \u003ci\u003eBeethoven: The Universal Composer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis Living Hand and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eEdison\u003c\/i\u003e is his final work of biography. He was married to fellow biographer Sylvia Jukes Morris for fifty-two years. Edmund Morris died in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 792\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.37 x 8.01 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e ALA Notable Books (2003)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689695449151,"sku":"9780812966008","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/54b4ef88f465bc0f90e768982fa74f8b.webp?v=1764986371","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/theodore-rex-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}