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"Theodore Roosevelt practically invented the modern presidency--the press office, the bully pulpit from which the president spoke directly about moral issues and managed public opinion, federal intelligence gathering, effective trust-busting and the regulation of business, and America's active diplomatic intervention in world affairs. But he started out as a sickly, asthmatic boy dressed in effeminate velvet sheltered inside his parents' aristocratic world of old New York knickerbocker wealth and privilege. How could he rise up from a sickly and protected childhood with maids and relatives overing around him as he struggled to breathe?
Kathleen Dalton tells the story of TR's rise to greatness in three parts: first, his struggle to overcome illness and find a place--or several careers-- for himself, second, his rise to political power and his presidency, and third, his post-presidential career as an advocate of a strong federal government that provided protection for all its citizens from unemployment and ill health and old age poverty. This biography is also the story of a romance and marriage that made TR a more effective political and literary operator. His wife Edith Carow Roosevelt was more than a partner--she edited, silenced, and advised this impulsive and effusive character. He adored her even while he struggled under her guiding hand. "
Barbara Rotundo, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Struggle with
- physical disability/sickness
Politician story?
- Politician trying to reform
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Loss of loved one?
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Age:
- long lived adults
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- White Enclave
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- gentle
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
- love/sex
- decency
- selfishness
- capitalism
- war
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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