T.R.: The Last Romantic

Brands, H. W.

ISBN 10: 0465069592 / ISBN 13: 9780465069590

Published by Basic Books, New York, 1997

About this Item

Sixth printing of the assumed first edition, ©1997. Thick 8vo. Trade paperback format. 897 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Sources. Selected Bibliography. Acknowledgments. Index. Inscribed to the former owner on the title page by Tweed Roosevelt and H.W. Brands. Not a library discard. Spine and covers not creased. A sound copy in very good condition.

Seller Inventory # 002738

Bibliographic Details

• Title: T.R.: The Last Romantic
• Publisher: Basic Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465069592
• ISBN 13: 9780465069590
• Binding: Soft cover
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author, an acclaimed biography of President Teddy Roosevelt

"A rip-roaring life... Every red-blooded American should read this entertaining book." — Wall Street Journal

In his time, there was no more popular national figure than Roosevelt. It was not just the energy he brought to every political office he held or his unshakable moral convictions that made him so popular, or even his status as a bonafide war hero. Most important, Theodore Roosevelt was loved by the people because this scion of a privileged New York family loved America and Americans.

And yet, according to Brands, if we look at the private Roosevelt without blinders, we see a man whose great public strengths hid enormous personal deficiencies; he was uncompromising, self-involved, and a highly imperfect brother, husband, and father.

Beautifully written, and powerfully moved by its subject, T.R. is the classic biography of one of America's greatest and most complex leaders.

About the Author

H.W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class. He lives in Austin, Texas.