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Mornings on horseback / David McCullough.

By: Publication details: New York : Simon and Schuster, c1981.Description: 445 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0671227114 :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.91/1/0924 B
LOC classification:
  • E75 .M45
Contents:
PART ONE : Greatheart's Circle -- Lady from the South -- Grand Tour -- A Disease of the Direct Suffering -- Metamorphosis -- PART TWO : Uptown -- The Moral Effect -- Father and Son -- PART THREE : Harvard -- Especially Pretty Alice -- Home Is the Hunter -- Politics -- Strange and Terrible Fate -- Chicago -- Glory Days -- Return.
Summary: This book chronicles the youth and family life of Theodore Roosevelt between 1869 and 1886, discussing his childhood asthma, the death of his first love Alice Lee, his election to the New York State Assembly, and his debut in national politics.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 413-424.

This book chronicles the youth and family life of Theodore Roosevelt between 1869 and 1886, discussing his childhood asthma, the death of his first love Alice Lee, his election to the New York State Assembly, and his debut in national politics.

PART ONE : Greatheart's Circle -- Lady from the South -- Grand Tour -- A Disease of the Direct Suffering -- Metamorphosis -- PART TWO : Uptown -- The Moral Effect -- Father and Son -- PART THREE : Harvard -- Especially Pretty Alice -- Home Is the Hunter -- Politics -- Strange and Terrible Fate -- Chicago -- Glory Days -- Return.

Accelerated Reader UG 8.7 27 27 86430.

Patron comment on 04/06/2026

A brilliant and enrapturing history of the early life of Theodore Roosevelt. At times both inspiring and deeply heartbreaking, it paints a multifaceted picture of a man that history tends to paint with broad strokes.

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