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Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt Paperback

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Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

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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. Read more

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Product Details:

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; First Edition (May 12, 1982)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671447548
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 40
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.34 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 1.12 x 9.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #11,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #59 in US Presidents #73 in U.S. State & Local History
#59 in US Presidents
#73 in U.S. State & Local History

Dimensions	9.17 × 6.14 × 1.14 in
Ean	9780671447540
Mpn	9780671447540
GTIN	19780671447547
Isbn	0671447548
ISBN10	0671447548
ISBN13	9780671447540
Upc	Does not apply
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Format	Paperback

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