5/27/2023 0 Comments Theodore rex novel![]() ![]() ![]() (Trains rumble throughout this irresistibly moving narrative, as TR crosses and recrosses the nation.) Traveling south through a succession of haunting landscapes, TR encounters harbingers of all the major issues of the new century-Imperialism, Industrialism, Conservation, Immigration, Labor, Race-plus the overall challenge that intimidated McKinley: how to harness America's new power as the world's richest nation. A detailed prologue describes TR's assumption of power and journey to Washington, with the assassinated President McKinley riding behind him like a ghost of the nineteenth century. ![]() It begins by following the new President (still the youngest in American history) as he comes down from Mount Marcy, New York, to take his emergency oath of office in Buffalo, one hundred years ago. Photos throughout.īook Synopsis The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex is a sequel to Edmund Morris's classic bestseller The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. About the Book In the long-awaited sequel to "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, " which won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for biography, Morris tells the story of Teddy Roosevelt's two successful terms as president of the United States. ![]()
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