Theodore Rexis the story—never fully toldbefore—of Theodore Roosevelt’s two world-changing terms asPresident of the United States. A hundred years before thecatastrophe of September 11, 2001, “TR” succeeded to power in theaftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chiefexecutives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhumanenergy, charm, and political skills. He proceeded to combat theproblems of race and labor relations and trust control while makingthe Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Buthis most historic achievement remains his creation of a nationalconservation policy, and his monument millions of acres ofprotected parks and forest. Theodore Rex ends with TRleaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputationsecure as one of our greatest presidents.
【作者简介】
Edmund Morris was born and educated in Kenya and went tocollege in South Africa. He worked as an advertising copywriter inLondon before immigrating to the United States in 1968. Hisbiography The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won the PulitzerPrize and American Book Award in 1980. After spending several yearsas President Reagan's authorized biographer, he published thenational bestseller Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan in1999. He has written extensively on travel and the arts for suchpublications as The New Yorker, The New York Times, andHarper's Magazine. Edmund Morris lives in New York andWashington with his wife and fellow biographer, Sylvia JukesMorris.
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