NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âĸÂ âA shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension.ââSan Francisco Chronicle
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY âĸÂ â[Theodore Rex] is one of the great histories of the American presidency, worthy of being on a shelf alongside Henry Adamsâs volumes on Jefferson and Madison.ââTimes Literary Supplement
Theodore Rex is the storyânever fully told beforeâof Theodore Rooseveltâs two world-changing terms as President of the United States. A hundred years before the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, âTRâ succeeded to power in the aftermath of an act of terrorism. Youngest of all our chief executives, he rallied a stricken nation with his superhuman energy, charm, and political skills. He proceeded to combat the problems of race and labor relations and trust control while making the Panama Canal possible and winning the Nobel Peace Prize. But his most historic achievement remains his creation of a national conservation policy, and his monument millions of acres of protected parks and forest.
Theodore Rex ends with TR leaving office, still only fifty years old, his future reputation secure as one of our greatest presidents.