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Title: T.R: The Last Romantic by H. W. Brands ISBN: 0-465-06959-2 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (35 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Intresting reading and fine research
Comment: I repeat my review in order to link it to my newly created Amazon account.
I cannot speak highly enough of this book. The meticulous research and the flowing style of narrative make the biography both historically accurate and wonderfully entertaining. I felt at times that I was reading a novel. I was daunted a bit at first by the sheer size of the tome, but once my nose was in it I found it difficult to put down. One of the things that make this book different than the run of the mill biography is the sources the author used. He draws upon not only ommonly available documentation, but also upon personal letters to and from Roosevelt and his family, associates, cabinet members, and others. Also, the collection of photographs is in chronological order, which allows you to get a photographic history as well. The only instructive criticism I would give is that there is possibly a little too much psychoanalysis from the author on some of Roosevelt's motives. This should in no way discourage anyone from reading this gem of a book. My highest regards and kudos goes to Mr. Brands for a most excellent contribution to my library.
Rating: 5
Summary: A superb biography;
Comment: This book does a masterful job of telling the life story of one of America's most interesting presidents. A comprehensive bio, from birth to death, I can't imagine how it could be improved, unless one were to change the title. (I concede that TR was a romantic, and I concede that my definition of "romantic" might be different from that of the author, but I cannot concieve of a definition of "romantic" that would allow Roosevelt to be declared "the last".) But other than that very minor quibble, I find nothing to object to; the story is told in detail, the writing is very fluid and pleasurable to read, and the author, while obviously very impressed by the subject of his book, nonetheless remains fair: when Roosevelt is in the wrong, the author doesn't hesitate to admit it, as when he (Roosevelt) frequently falls prey to his tendancy to demonize his opposition at every turn, or when he berates an opponent for cowardice for making a compromise that, had Roosevelt himself made it, would have been defined (by Roosevelt) as "statesmanlike".
Defnitely the definitive biography of Teddy Roosevelt.
Rating: 4
Summary: This is a good book
Comment: I found this a good book, but not a great book. I did not enjoy it as much as the Franklin biography by Brands. He certainly had a compelling character to work with who lived in interesting times, and he didn't overdo the growing up pscyhological stuff, although there was some of that covered. Perhaps the biggest problem is that the subject's life was least glorious after he left the Presidency, when he was more jealous and irrational than he was before that.
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Title: The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands ISBN: 0385495404 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 12 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris ISBN: 0375756787 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 20 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s by H. W. Brands ISBN: 0226071162 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: The Age of Gold : The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream by H.W. Brands ISBN: 0385502168 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 20 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris ISBN: 0812966007 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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