Theodore Roosevelt: A Literary Life

by Thomas Cullen Bailey and Katherine Joslin

Book Overview

Of all the many biographies of Theodore Roosevelt, none has presented the twenty-sixth president as he saw himself: as a man of letters. This fascinating account traces Roosevelt's lifelong engagement with books and discusses his writing from childhood journals to his final editorial, finished just hours before his death. His most famous book, The RoughRiders--part memoir, part war adventure--barely begins to suggest the dynamism of his literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493066722
• ISBN13: 9781493066728
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"