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Theodore Rex is the story—never fully told before—of Theodore Roosevelt’s two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, “TR” succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhuman energy, charm, and political skills. He proceeded to combat the problems of race and labor relations and trust control while making the Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But his most historic achievement remains his creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest.

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“In Edmund Morris, a great president has found a great biographer. . . . Every bit as much a masterpiece of biographical writing as The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, which won the Pulitzer Prize.”—The Washington Post

“As a literary work on Theodore Roosevelt, it is unlikely ever to be surpassed. It is one of the great histories of the American presidency, worthy of being on a shelf alongside Henry Adams’s volumes on Jefferson and Madison.”—Times Literary Supplement

“Take a deep breath and dive into Theodore Rex, Edmund Morris’s sequel to his 1979 masterpiece, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. . . . He writes with a breezy verve that makes the pages fly.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“Roosevelt is a biographer’s dream, an epic character not out of place in an adventure novel.”—The Christian Science Monitor

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re Rexis the story—never fully told before—of Theodore Roosevelt’s two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, “TR” succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhuman energy, charm, and political skills. He proceeded to combat the problems of race and labor relations and trust control while making the Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But his most historic achievement remains his creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest. Theodore Rex ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents.

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Edmund Morris was born and educated in Kenya and attended college in South Africa. He worked as an advertising copywriter in London before immigrating to the United States in 1968. His first book, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1980. Its sequel, Theodore Rex, won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography in 2001. In between these two books, Morris became President Reagan’s authorized biographer and wrote the national bestseller Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan. He then completed his trilogy on the life of the twenty-sixth president with Colonel Roosevelt, also a bestseller, and has published Beethoven: The Universal Composer and This Living Hand and Other Essays. Edison is his final work of biography. He was married to fellow biographer Sylvia Jukes Morris for fifty-two years. Edmund Morris died in 2019.

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Chapter 1
The First Administration: 1901-1904

The epigraphs at the head of every chapter are by "Mr. Dooley," Theodore Roosevelt's favorite social commentator.

The Shadow of the Crown

I see that Tiddy, Prisidint Tiddy-here's his health-is th' youngest prisidint we've iver had, an' some iv th' pa-apers ar-re wondherin' whether he's old enough f'r th' raysponsibilities iv' th' office.

On the morning after McKinley's interment, Friday, 20 September 1901, a stocky figure in a frock coat sprang up the front steps of the White House. A policeman, recognizing the new President of the United States, jerked to attention, but Roosevelt, trailed by Commander Cowles, was already on his way into the vestibule. Nodding at a pair of attaches, he hurried into the elevator and rose to the second floor. His rapid footsteps sought out the executive office over the East Room. Within seconds of arrival he was leaning back in McKinley's chair, dictating letters to William Loeb. He looked as if he had sat there for years. It was, a veteran observer marveled, "quite the strangest introduction of a Chief Magistrate . . . in our national history."

As the President worked, squads of cleaners, painters, and varnishers hastened to refurbish the private apartments down the hall. He sent word that he and Mrs. Roosevelt would occupy the sunny riverview suite on the south corner. Not for them the northern exposure favored by their predecessors, with its cold white light and panorama of countless chimney pots.

A pall of death and invalidism hung over the fusty building. Roosevelt decided to remain at his brother-in-law's house until after the weekend. It was as if he wanted the White House to ventilate itself of the sad fragrance of the nineteenth century. Edith and the children would breeze in soon enough, bringing what he called "the Oyster Bay atmosphere."

At eleven o'clock he held his first Cabinet meeting. There was a moment of strangeness when he took his place at the head of McKinley's table. Ghostly responsibility sat on his shoulders. "A very heavy weight," James Wilson mused, "for anyone so young as he is."

But the President was not looking for sympathy. "I need your advice and counsel," he said. He also needed their resignations, but for legal reasons only. Every man must accept reappointment. "I cannot accept a declination."

This assertion of authority went unchallenged. Relaxing, Roosevelt asked for briefings on every department of the Administration. His officers complied in order of seniority. He interrupted them often with questions, and they were astonished by the rapidity with which he embraced and sorted information. His curiosity and apparent lack of guile charmed them.

The President's hunger for intelligence did not diminish as the day wore on. He demanded naval-construction statistics and tariff-reciprocity guidelines and a timetable for the independence of Cuba, and got two visiting Senators to tell him more than they wanted to about the inner workings of Congress. In the late afternoon, he summoned the heads of Washington's three press agencies.

"This being my first day in the White House as President of the United States," Roosevelt said ingratiatingly, "I desired to have a little talk with you gentlemen who are responsible for the collection and dissemination of the news."

A certain code of "relations," he went on, should be established immediately. He glanced at the Associated Press and Sun service representatives. "Mr. Boynton and Mr. Barry, whom I have known for many years and who have always possessed my confidence, shall continue to have it." They must understand that this privilege depended on their "discretion as to publication." Unfortunately, he could not promise equal access to Mr. Keen of the United Press, "whom I have just met for the first time."

Boynton and Barry jumped to their colleague's defense. Roosevelt was persuaded to trust him, but warned again that he would bar any White House correspondent who betrayed him or misquoted him. In serious cases, he might even bar an entire newspaper. Barry said that was surely going too far. Roosevelt's only reply was a mysterious smile. "All right, gentlemen, now we understand each other."

Much later that evening, after a small dinner with friends in the Cowles house on N Street, the President allowed himself a moment or two of querulousness. "My great difficulty, my serious problem, will meet me when I leave the White House. Supposing I have a second term . . ."

Commander Cowles, replete with roast beef, sank deep into leather cushions and folded his hands over his paunch. He paid no attention to the cataract of talk pouring from the walnut chair opposite. For years he had benignly suffered his brother-in-law's fireside oratory; he was as deaf to Rooseveltian self-praise as he was to these occasional moments of self-doubt. How like Theodore to worry about moving out of the White House before moving in! The Commander's eyes drooped. His breathing grew rhythmic; he began to snore.

"I shall be young, in my early fifties," Roosevelt was saying. "On the shelf! Retired! Out of it!"

Two other guests, William Allen White and Nicholas Murray Butler, listened sympathetically. Prodigies themselves-White, at thirty-three, had a national reputation for political journalism, and Butler, at thirty-nine, was about to become president of Columbia University-they were both aware that they had reached the top of their fields, and could stay there for another forty years. Roosevelt was sure of only three and a half. Of course, the power given him dwarfed theirs, and he might win an extension of it in 1904. But that would make its final loss only harder to bear.

So Butler and White allowed the President to continue lamenting his imminent retirement. They interrupted only when he grew maudlin-"I don't want to be the old cannon loose on the deck in the storm!"

Undisturbed by the clamor of younger voices, Commander Cowles slept on.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Trade Paperbacks
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2002
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 792 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0812966007
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0812966008
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.18 x 1.36 x 7.98 inches
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Customers find this biography engaging and informative, with one noting it's the best political-historical biography of all time. The book is wonderfully written, fast-paced, and provides great detail about Theodore Roosevelt's life. They appreciate the character portrayal, with one review highlighting the similarities in personality, and the story receives positive feedback for its narrative structure. The length receives mixed reactions, with some finding it fast-paced while others consider it very long.

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171 customers mention content, 163 positive, 8 negative

Customers find the book engaging and enjoyable to read, particularly praising its historical content. One customer notes it's best when read as part of the trilogy.

...FEEL THE MAN AND SEE AND LIVE HIS LIFE AS IF YOU ARE THERE WITH HIM GREAT BOOK!!!...Read more

Great read. Have a hard time putting it down. Amazing the things Teddy was able to accomplish before he became president and during his presidency.Read more

...think a lot of today’s politicians could learn something from this Excellent Book Congressmen Elect like George Santos should have read this book...Read more

Good book but not as good as the first volume.Read more

79 customers mention informative, 75 positive, 4 negative

Customers find the biography informative and well-researched, describing it as a masterpiece of historical information and one of the best political-historical biographies of all time.

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...Very informative, but not as thrilling as his life prior to his presidency.Read more

...Author's first volume, overall, this book was engaging, detailed, informative. And, at times, subtlety humorous....Read more

55 customers mention writing style, 53 positive, 2 negative

Customers appreciate the writing style of the book, finding it wonderfully and clearly written, with one customer noting its highly entertaining prose.

...It was well written, and informative about our countries political climate. If your more interested in the man, then read the author's previous work.Read more

very well written. captured my attention immediately. pack with information about politics of the day, yet in a way to be intriguing....Read more

Brilliantly written, with a clarity of form and pace that pull you through the pages. Morris is a masterful biographer.Read more

Precisely written. Sorry it ended with TR's leaving the presidency. Wanting more!Read more

35 customers mention readability, 30 positive, 5 negative

Customers find the book highly readable, describing it as a fast-paced, clear, and thorough read.

...History but reads like a novel, almost a soap opera. That one individual could attempt and accomplish what TR did is amazing. Great book, fast read.Read more

This is a great, thorough, biography...very detailed and readable....Makes me want to read the first oneRead more

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...does best: writing Presidential biographies with his stylishly crisp, clear, and highly entertaining prose....Read more

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Customers find Theodore Roosevelt's character fascinating, describing him as an incredible and very interesting president with tremendous similarities in personality.

Very well done about a very interesting president that had the ability to polarize the American people of his timeRead more

TR is an incredibly compelling character, and Morris' biographical series is preeminent....Read more

...Above all, Roosevelt was both a man of strong character and moral values, and he was a man of action.Read more

An excellent read. TR is a fascinating character, full of life, who loved to be president.Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's detailed approach, with one customer noting how it captures every aspect of Theodore Roosevelt's life.

I thought it was very detailed. Certain facts about his personal life could have been left out. But overall, it gave a good summary of his life.Read more

...flair of the Author's first volume, overall, this book was engaging, detailed, informative. And, at times, subtlety humorous....Read more

In-depth yet entertaining tale of the political life of one of our greatest presidents.Read more

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Customers enjoy the story of Theodore Roosevelt, with one customer noting it provides a good summary of his life, while another describes it as an inside look at a great President.

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...And the narrative is so well done - a long read, but most enjoyable. Right up there with Doris Goodwyn's "Team of Rivals".Read more

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