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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779998003321

Autore

Roosevelt Theodore <1858-1919.>

Titolo

The selected letters of Theodore Roosevelt [[electronic resource] /] / edited by H.W. Brands

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007, c2001

ISBN

0-8154-1126-X

1-4422-2672-2

Edizione

[1st pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (669 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrandsH. W

Disciplina

973.91/1/092

973.911092

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

United States Politics and government 1901-1909

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The Selected Letters of THEODORE ROOSEVELT; Contents; Introduction; Part 1 Blessed Youth, 1858-1881; Part 2 Making His Way, 1881-1889; Part 3 Public Servant, 1889-1898; Part 4 Hero, 1898-1901; Part 5 President, 1901-1909; Part 6 The Most Famous Man in the World, 1909-1919; Index; About the Editor

Sommario/riassunto

Theodore Roosevelt (1857-1919) was the most literary of American Presidents, writing scores of books, including Through the Brazilian Wilderness and African Game Trails. He was also the most active of American writers. In little more than six decades, Roosevelt was, among many of his activities, a rancher, historian, reformer, New York City Police Commissioner, renowned hunter, New York State Governor, conservationist, Vice President of the United States, and 26th President