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Title: Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough ISBN: 0-671-44754-8 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 12 May, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.37 (30 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great work
Comment: I repeat my review to link it to my new Amazon account:
This book offers something new to the history of Theodore Roosevelt: The reader gets a close look at the environment and family life that shaped and molded this great leader. After reading this book you will have new insight into seeing why T.R. acted as he did. The author mentions in the preface that he was told by a relative of T.R. that the one thing all the other bigraphies and books on the Roosevelts lacked was seeing how the family was part of a clan - that this was indeed a huge influence on T.R. This book will show you what this means. Mr. McCullough is a brilliant and entertaining author. This book will also be enjoyable for those of you who enjoyed him in the Presidents series on PBS.
Highly Recommended
Rating: 5
Summary: A well-written and unusual biography of a fascinating man
Comment: David McCullough is a great historical writer. Here, as in Truman and The Great Bridge, he makes people and events live again. Yet his personable style is always supported by facts and research -- one never thinks "how could he know that?" This book focuses on TR's early life, to about the age of thirty. Surprisingly, there is a lot to be learned about Roosevelt before he became a nationally known figure -- especially his family background and his medical troubles. I really enjoyed the book and am busy reading McCullough's others
Rating: 5
Summary: The Delightful Perceptions of a Master
Comment: The distinctive quality of David McCullough's works is that he refuses to insult his reader with a less than honest view of his subject while making allowances for the fact that in writing history, he was not present to be able to interpret what the circumstances were, or what they might have been. He is an intellectual's author in expressing, as well as he can, the intricacies of well defined patterns of communication that existed at the time that likely made an impact on his subject to define his perspective and his action. This is a solid effort to give both character and accuracy to the personality as he might have been, and probably was, without attributing his own knowledge of today's events onto his subject, a tendency of increasing frequency. The reason for this is his dedicated and meticulous research into his subject, a model of historical recording, without unduly influencing the reader. The value of reflecting the accuracy of historical events is that it offers the reader his own perspective to interpret historical events rather than a canned version by the author. Of course, McCullough may draw upon unique events to help identify information previously glossed over in his attempts to portray that accuracy. This is an acceptable license in biographical accounts though not always followed with such careful editing. The exciting part of McCullough's writing is that he has the humility to identify his subjects as extraordinary, and is a willing participant in helping the reader to see that as well, a real credit to his choice of subject. His fascination is transmitted to the reader in a thoughtful measure of the man, or the event, he has researched, the mark of a very distinguished writer who adores his work, and is successful for that reason.
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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: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris ISBN: 0812966007 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis ISBN: 0679764410 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 07 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt, Elting Morison ISBN: 0306802325 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Reagan: An American Story by Adriana Bosch, David McCullough ISBN: 1575001403 Publisher: TV Books Inc Pub. Date: 30 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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