There should be a queue awaiting the next volume.' -W. It is one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. a sweeping narrative of the outward man and a shrewd examination of his character. Davis,Worcester Sunday Telegram From the Hardcover edition., Praise for the rise of Theodore Roosevelt 'Magnificent. and will look forward, as I do, to Morris's second volume.' -Kenneth S. Hundreds of thousands will soon be reading this book. Swanberg,The New York Times Book Review '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.' -Robert Kirsch,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 book is beautifully written as well as thoroughly scholarly-clearly a masterpiece of American biography. a book of pulsating and well-written narrative.' - The Christian Science Monitor, Praise for the rise ofTheodore Roosevelt 'Magnificent. 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 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 ' prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. 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.

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