Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an .

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. The National Book Award-winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous ma n 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 Roos evelt. 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 Bo ok Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author of Truman, this is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recu rrent and almost fatal asthma attacks, and his struggle to manhood: an amaz ing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household in whi ch he was raised. The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy, e normously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail na mesake. The mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and a celebra ted beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes t he father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, TR's fir st 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.

Product Info

ISBN: 0671447548

ISBN-13: 9780671447540

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Year: 1982

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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