Theodore Rex (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Edmund Morris
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Biography and history
- Time of Work: 1901-1909
- Setting: Washington, D.C., Oyster Bay, New York, other parts of the United States, and Panama
- Principal Characters: Theodore Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, Alice, Theodore, Jr., Kermit, Ethel, Archibald, Quentin Roosevelt, Henry Adams, Nelson W. Aldrich, Joseph G. Cannon, George Bruce Cortelyou, Joseph Benson Foraker, Marcus Alonzo Hanna, John Hay, Jean Jules Jusserand, Philander Chase Knox, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Pierpont Morgan, Elihu Root, William Howard Taft, Booker T. Washington
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Washington, D.C., Politicians, Presidents, Heads of state, 1900’s, Panama or Panamanians
- Locales: New York, Washington, D.C., Panama
Theodore Roosevelt is one of the United States’ most beloved presidents thanks to the Teddy Bear as well as his grand enthusiasm for life, which he often expressed in the terms of an adolescent (or even younger: a friend once noted that Roosevelt sometimes acted as if he were about six years old). Many of his statements or expressions have become common lore, such as using the presidency as a “bully pulpit” and to “speak softly but carry a big stick.” A many-sided individual, he was a rancher and cowboy, war hero, moral reformer, astute politician, brilliant diplomat,...
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