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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9780671447540
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0671447548
ISBN-13
9780671447540
eBay Product ID (ePID)
767869
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mornings on Horseback : The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Presidents & Heads of State
Publication Year
1982
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Detroit NewsThis is a marvelous chronicle of manners and morals, love and duty, and as captivating as anything you will find between book covers in a long while., Denver Post A fine account of Roosevelt's rise to manhood, well written and, like its subject, full of irrepressible vitality., Detroit News This is a marvelous chronicle of manners and morals, love and duty, and as captivating as anything you will find between book covers in a long while., Denver PostA fine account of Roosevelt's rise to manhood, well written and, like its subject, full of irrepressible vitality.
Dewey Decimal
973.91/1/092 B
Table Of Content
Contents Author's Note PART ONE 1. Greatheart's Circle 2. Lady from the South 3. Grand Tour 4. A Disease of the Direst Suffering 5. Metamorphosis PART TWO 6. Uptown 7. The Moral Effect 8. Father and Son PART THREE 9. Harvard 10. Especially Pretty Alice 11. Home Is the Hunter 12. Politics 13. Strange and Terrible Fate 14. Chicago 15. Glory Days 16. Return Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Mornings on Horsebackis the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as "a masterpiece" (John A. Gable,Newsday),it is the winner of theLos Angeles Times1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author ofTruman,this is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and almost fatal asthma attacks, and his struggle to manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household in which he was raised.The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. The mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and a celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, TR's first love. All are brought to life to make "a beautifully told story, filled with fresh detail", wroteThe New York Times Book Review.A book to be read on many levels, it is at once an enthralling story, a brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship which does away with several old myths and breaks entirely new ground. It is a book about life intensely lived, about family love and loyalty, about grief and courage, about "blessed" mornings on horseback beneath the wide blue skies of the Badlands., The National Book Award-winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough. Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as "a masterpiece" (John A. Gable, Newsday), it is the winner of the Los Angeles Times 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author of Truman, this is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and almost fatal asthma attacks, and his struggle to manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household in which he was raised. The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. The mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and a celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, TR's first love. All are brought to life to make "a beautifully told story, filled with fresh detail" ( The New York Times Book Review ). A book to be read on many levels, it is at once an enthralling story, a brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship which does away with several old myths and breaks entirely new ground. It is a book about life intensely lived, about family love and loyalty, about grief and courage, about "blessed" mornings on horseback beneath the wide blue skies of the Badlands.
LC Classification Number
E757.M45 2003
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- p***j (584)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseGood solid transaction. Should have mentioned logos though. I know it was in the picture, but you had to look close which I did not. I’m ok with the sale.Titleist Velocity Golf Balls White - Case of 12 (#354092994549)