Explorer, warrior, politician, and diplomat, Theodore Roosevelt was America's most colorful President.

Biographer John Garraty reveals the hardships that Teddy Roosevelt faced over the course of his life and how he found renewal in the outdoors, whether capturing horse thieves in the West, hunting lions in Africa, or as a Rough Rider charging up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.

Learn how the man who spoke softly and carried a big stick managed to pack so much useful work and high-spirited fun into a relatively short life. The first conservationist President, a dogged trustbuster, and a creative diplomat who received the Nobel Peace Prize, Roosevelt changed the course of the country's history using his huge personality and his boundless energy.


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Extremely popular in the 1950s and 1960s, while these are all secular titles the fact that they were written as many as fifty years ago ensures their wholesomeness, as much as any book pertaining to the lives of mortal men can be wholesome.

John Garraty is the author of dozens of books including The American Nation and The Reader's Companion to American History. He is also the editor of The American National Biography, a reference work of 17,500 biographies. Garraty was the Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University and has served as president of the Society of American Historians.