Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks)
A major book that deals with the politics and personality of Theodore Roosevelt during his administration. A biographical study that provides a comprehensive portrait of the president, including aspects of policy making, personality, and leadership.
Work Information
A major book that deals with the politics and personality of Theodore Roosevelt during his administration. A biographica…
Biographer. He won the Biography category for ``Theodore Rex,'' and is known for his work in creating detailed portraits of US presidents.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Published
- 2002-10-01
- Pages
- 792 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.23 x 3.3 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780812966008
- ISBN-10
- 0812966007
- Price
- 4949 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/History/Americas/Central America/Panama
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY • “A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension.”— San Francisco Chronicle “[ Theodore Rex ] 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.”— Times Literary Supplement Theodore 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.
Edmund Morris 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, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1980. Its sequel, Theodore Rex, won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography in 2001. In between these two books, Morris became President Reagan’s authorized biographer and wrote the national bestseller Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan . He then completed his trilogy on the life of the twenty-sixth president with Colonel Roosevelt, also a bestseller, and has published Beethoven: The Universal Composer and This Living Hand and Other Essays . Edison is his final work of biography. He was married to fellow biographer Sylvia Jukes Morris for fifty-two years. Edmund Morris died in 2019.
Reviews
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伝記
ルーズベルトの名は知っていても、軍人出身の大統領で、先の世界大戦のときの人という程度の豆知識しかなかったのですが、ボブ・ウッドワードのプラン・オブ・アタックの中でジョージ・W・ブッシュがイラク戦の前のテキサスの自宅牧場で読んでいたという記述に出会い、興味をもって購入しました。強烈なキャラクターの主人公であるだけでなく、伝記中の伝記とアメリカで言われているだけあって、物語の展開などは巧みで、ルーズベルトの詳細はどうでもよい私のような読者も退屈することなく読めました。また、文章がいいので、抄本版のCDも買い、英語の勉強のために聞いています。たまたま読んだ本に引用されていて、厚い本なのに安いから買った程度の動機でも十分に満足できるものでした。
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Soddisfatto
quello che cercavo
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Very detailed biography
This is a terrific and very detailed biography of Theodore Roosevelt's presidential years. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to learn more about this great American president.
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I L L U M I N A T I N G .
An entertaining eloquent portrayal of Theodore Roosevelt as the President of the United States. From the unexpected assassination of President William McKinley, assuming the Presidency, then winning the Presidential election after 3-1/2 years in office, and subsequently, his continued impact upon America and the world, including, the Panama Canal, the successful mediation between Japan and Russia, the establishment of national parks, and, reconfirming the Monroe Doctrine in South America. The Author skillfully resurrects Roosevelt to life. One can almost hear Teddy enthusiastically proclaim "DELIGHTED" or "BULLY" -- his favorite expressions. In 1908, Roosevelt was eerily prophetic in asserting that war with Japan would ultimately happen. He declared "... war with Japan ... would [occur] one day.... The surerst way to postpone it ... was to prepare for it as much as possible, and show evidence of a steely willingness to fight" (Page 534). He was proven correct as Pearl Harbor was devastated 33 years later in 1941, which led to the U.S. participating in WWII, and commanded by his nephew, President Franklin Roosevelt. Theodore's active naval enlargement defined his foreign policy of dealing from strength: "We infinitely desire peace, and the surerst way of obtaining it is to show we are not afraid of war" (Page 229). Although lacking the elusive charismatic flair of the Author's first volume, overall, this book was engaging, detailed, informative. And, at times, subtlety humorous. For instance, in peacefully concluding the possible precipitous conflict with the Columbians at Panama, "... [Columbian] Colonel Torres ... [finally] agreed to accept an 'indemnity' of eight thousand dollars ... [and was] sent a farewell gift of two cases of champagne" (Page 293). Thus, violence was averted. If all hostilities could be so easily solved with money and alcohol.
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Bom livro
Detalhada biografia de um grande presidente.
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An Excellent Chronicle of the First Modern Presidency
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris is a very good book detailing the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. It is a well-written, informative and detailed work outlining the effect that Roosevelt had upon both the office of the President and the United States. Theodore Roosevelt was a politican of firm views. A supporter of the market system, who nevertheless saw its flaws and inequities, he worked to reform a system which seemed stacked in the favour of cartels and monopolies. A Republican who was not afraid to challenge his own party on a variety of issues - although this ultimately caused problems and storred up resentments for the future - and was willing to use his undoubted popularity to appeal to the wider electorate in order to bring about change. A conservationist and a global statesman whose actions and measures preserved millions of acres of wilderness, but who was also one of the driving forces behind that great monument to industrial progress, the Panama Canal. Overall, an excellent book examining the extraordinary presidency of a remarkable man.