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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Edmund Morris , Harry ChasePublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Random House US Audio Edition: Abridged edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 15.00cm Weight: 0.241kg ISBN: 9780307878199ISBN 10: 0307878198 Publication Date: 06 July 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Awaiting stock Table of ContentsReviews<b>Praise for <i>The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt</i></b> Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle. <i>Time</i> Theodore Roosevelt, in this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, has a claim on being the most interesting man ever to be President of this country. <i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i> Spectacles glittering, teeth and temper flashing, high-pitched voice rasping and crackling, Roosevelt surges out of these pages with the force of a physical presence. <i>The Atlantic Monthly</i> [Morris s] prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. . . . The author re-creates a sense of the scene and an immediacy of the situation that any skilled writer should envy and the most jaded reader should find a joy. <i>The Miami Herald</i> A monumental work in every sense of the word . . . a book of pulsating and well-written narrative. <i>The Christian Science Monitor</i> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> Praise for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. --The New York Times Book Review A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle. --Time Theodore Roosevelt, in this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, has a claim on being the most interesting man ever to be President of this country. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Spectacles glittering, teeth and temper flashing, high-pitched voice rasping and crackling, Roosevelt surges out of these pages with the force of a physical presence. --The Atlantic Monthly [Morris's] prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. . . . The author re-creates a sense of the scene and an immediacy of the situation that any skilled writer should envy and the most jaded reader should find a joy. --The Miami Herald A monumental work in every sense of the word . . . a book of pulsating and well-written narrative. --The Christian Science Monitor Praise for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt <br>  <br> “Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment.”— The New York Times Book Review <br>  <br> “A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle.”— Time <br>  <br> “Theodore Roosevelt, in this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, has a claim on being the most interesting man ever to be President of this country.”— Los Angeles Times Book Review <br>  <br> “Spectacles glittering, teeth and temper flashing, high-pitched voice rasping and crackling, Roosevelt surges out of these pages with the force of a physical presence.”— The Atlantic Monthly <br>  <br> “[Morris’s] prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. . . . The author re-creates a sense of the scene Praise for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. --The New York Times Book Review A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle. --Time Theodore Roosevelt, in this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, has a claim on being the most interesting man ever to be President of this country. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Spectacles glittering, teeth and temper flashing, high-pitched voice rasping and crackling, Roosevelt surges out of these pages with the force of a physical presence. --The Atlantic Monthly [Morris's] prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. . . . The author re-creates a sense of the scene and an immediacy of the situation that any skilled writer should envy and the most jaded reader should find a joy. --The Miami Herald A monumental work in every sense of the word . . . a book of pulsating and well-written narrative. --The Christian Science Monitor From the Hardcover edition. Praise for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. The New York Times Book Review A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle. Time Theodore Roosevelt, in this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, has a claim on being the most interesting man ever to be President of this country. Los Angeles Times Book Review Spectacles glittering, teeth and temper flashing, high-pitched voice rasping and crackling, Roosevelt surges out of these pages with the force of a physical presence. The Atlantic Monthly [Morris s] prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. . . . The author re-creates a sense of the scene and an immediacy of the situation that any skilled writer should envy and the most jaded reader should find a joy. The Miami Herald A monumental work in every sense of the word . . . a book of pulsating and well-written narrative. The Christian Science Monitor From the Hardcover edition. Praise for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. -- The New York Times Book Review A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle. -- Time Theodore Roosevelt, in this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, has a claim on being the most interesting man ever to be President of this country. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Spectacles glittering, teeth and temper flashing, high-pitched voice rasping and crackling, Roosevelt surges out of these pages with the force of a physical presence. -- The Atlantic Monthly [Morris's] prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. . . . The author re-creates a sense of the scene and an immediacy of the situation that any skilled writer should envy and the most jaded reader should find a joy. -- The Miami Herald A monumental work in every sense of the word . . . a book of pulsating and well-written narrative. -- The Christian Science Monitor From the Hardcover edition. Praise for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. -- The New York Times Book Review A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle. -- Time Theodore Roosevelt, in this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, has a claim on being the most interesting man ever to be President of this country. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Spectacles glittering, teeth and temper flashing, high-pitched voice rasping and crackling, Roosevelt surges out of these pages with the force of a physical presence. -- The Atlantic Monthly [Morris's] prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. . . . The author re-creates a sense of the scene and an immediacy of the situation that any skilled writer should envy and the most jaded reader should find a joy. -- The Miami Herald A monumental work in every sense of the word . . . a book of pulsating and well-written narrative. -- The Christian Science Monitor From the Hardcover edition. Praise for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Magnificent . . . one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. - The New York Times Book Review A towering biography . . . a brilliant chronicle. - Time Theodore Roosevelt, in this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, has a claim on being the most interesting man ever to be President of this country. - Los Angeles Times Book Review Spectacles glittering, teeth and temper flashing, high-pitched voice rasping and crackling, Roosevelt surges out of these pages with the force of a physical presence. - The Atlantic Monthly [Morris's] prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. . . . The author re-creates a sense of the scene Author InformationEdmund Morris was born in Kenya and educated at the Prince of Wales School, Nairobi, and Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. He worked as an advertising copywriter in London before emigrating to the United States in 1968. His biography The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1980. In 1985 he was appointed Ronald Reagan's authorized biographer. He has written extensively on travel and the arts for such publications as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper's, and The Washington Post. The second volume of his Roosevelt biography, Theodore Rex, has recently been published, and will be followed by a third. Edmund Morris lives in New York and Washington, D.C., with his wife and fellow biographer, Sylvia Jukes Morris. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |