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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823426503321

Autore

Gould Lewis L

Titolo

Theodore Roosevelt / / Lewis L. Gould

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-991293-9

1-283-42736-2

9786613427366

0-19-979705-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (103 p.)

Disciplina

973.91/1092

B

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

United States Politics and government 1909-1913

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Theodore Roosevelt; Notes; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Sportsman. Naturalist. Warrior. President. There are so many sides to Theodore Roosevelt that it is easy to overlook one of his most enduring contributions to American public life: the use of fame to fuel his political career. In this concisely written, enlightening book, presidential historian Lewis L. Gould goes beyond the ""bully pulpit"" stereotypes to reveal how Roosevelt used his celebrity to change American politics. Based on research gleaned from the personal papers of Roosevelt and his contemporaries, Theodore Roosevelt recaptures its subject's bold activism and irrepressible, larger-