The outgoing chief executive (1858❱919) welcomed his successor, William Howard Taft, and left the country for a year, but on his return plunged back into politics, angry at Taft's backsliding on reform. As Morris says, TR's presidency was an impossible act to follow. Having followed his 1979 classic, Pulitzer-winning The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, with a fine account of his presidency, Theodore Rex, in 2001, historian Morris returns to top form in this enthralling story of Roosevelt's life after leaving office in 1909. a worthy close to a trilogy sure to be regarded as one of the best studies not just of any president, but of any American.'- San Francisco Chronicle Author Notes Packed with more adventure, variety, drama, humor, and tragedy than a big novel, yet documented down to the smallest fact, this masterwork recounts the last decade of perhaps the most amazing life in American history. What other president has written forty books, hunted lions, founded a third political party, survived an assassin's bullet, and explored an unknown river longer than the Rhine? Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office.

This biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex, marks the completion of a trilogy sure to stand as definitive.

A moving, beautifully rendered account.'-Fred Kaplan, The Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * 'Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. a worthy close to a trilogy sure to be regarded as one of the best studies not just of any president, but of any American.”-San Francisco Chronicle What other president has written forty books, hunted lions, founded a third political party, survived an assassin’s bullet, and explored an unknown river longer than the Rhine? Packed with more adventure, variety, drama, humor, and tragedy than a big novel, yet documented down to the smallest fact, this masterwork recounts the last decade of perhaps the most amazing life in American history. A moving, beautifully rendered account.”-Fred Kaplan, The Washington Post This biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex, marks the completion of a trilogy sure to stand as definitive.

“Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level.

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