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The Man in the Arena: Selected Writings of Theodore Roosevelt: A Reader
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The Man in the Arena: Selected Writings of Theodore Roosevelt: A Reader
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by Theodore Roosevelt
Sales Rank : 242059
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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Forge Books February 7, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765306719
ISBN-13: 978-0765306715
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.7 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
What do you get when you combine an obsessive reader, a "wild and wooly" adventurer and an ironclad political will with a reformist sensibility? Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States (who was also a naturalist, a biographer, a hunter and a Nobel Prize winner-among other things). This collection of his writings gives credence to Henry Adams's assertion that Roosevelt was "pure Act": there was, it seems, no subject (or foe) he was afraid to tackle. Editor Thomsen breaks down Roosevelt's impressive and wide-ranging literary output into four categories (Historian, Memoirist, Adventurer and Man of Letters), within which the reader is treated to a wide assortment of Roosevelt's historical analysis, travel writing and criticism. Although well known as a travel and adventure writer, Roosevelt's literary side has received less attention; his essays on Dante, contemporary poetry and the popular literature of his day show a man of finely tuned sensibilities. If there's a fault to this collection, it lies in the fact that no clear theme determines inclusion, and as such the book lacks a sense of coherency. While readers will appreciate the virtuosic variety of Roosevelt's writing, they will find themselves a bit unsure as to what it is that separates these essays from others not selected, as Thomsen never shares his reasoning with the reader.
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--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Review
"I have always been spellbound by the man's prodigiousness that I found as much virtue in his ceaseless activity as I have in his purposes . . . He was an extraordinarily accomplished president . . . my God, what a superior man TR was."-Senator John McCain, author of Worth the Fighting for-A Memoir
"Reveals the prodigious intellect, irrepressible character, and remarkably entertaining style."--Caleb Carr on The Naval War of 1812
"Theodore Roosevelt was the most professional - and widely published - writer of all American presidents." - Henry F. Graff, Columbia University
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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