![]() There should be a queue awaiting the next volume." -W. ![]() It is one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. a sweeping narrative of the outward man and a shrewd examination of his character. a book of pulsating and well-written narrative." - The Christian Science Monitor, Praise for the rise ofTheodore Roosevelt "Magnificent. ![]() The author re-creates a sense of the scene and an immediacy of the situation that any skilled writer should envy and the most jaded reader should find a joy." - The Miami Herald "A monumental work in every sense of the word. a brilliant chronicle." - Time "Theodore Roosevelt, in this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, has a claim on being the most interesting man ever to be President of this country." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Spectacles glittering, teeth and temper flashing, high-pitched voice rasping and crackling, Roosevelt surges out of these pages with the force of a physical presence." - The Atlantic Monthly " prose is elegant and at the same time hard and lucid, and his sense of narrative flow is nearly flawless. ![]() one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment." - The New York Times Book Review "A towering biography. ![]()
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