Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt

by Edward P. Kohn

Book Overview

Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president-a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West. But while the great outdoors certainly shaped Roosevelt's identity, historian Edward P. Kohn argues that it was his hometown of New York that made him the progressive president we celebrate today. During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local Republican factions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465024297
• ISBN13: 9780465024292
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"