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Theodore Roosevelt was an astute yet blunt historical observer, who never hesitated to share his opinions of people and events from America''s past. In his view, Andrew Jackson was ''not more than half civilized,'' and William McKinley had ''no more backbone than a chocolate eclair.'' Roosevelt did not spare his contemporaries, either: he believed Woodrow Wilson was ''rotten through and through,'' and after the ill-fated Progressive Party failed to propel him into the White House in 1912, it became ''the Free Soil Party of our day.'' Daniel Ruddy has compiled Roosevelt''s most incisive observations into one comprehensive volume that provides a highly opinionated and entertaining history of the United States up to 1919, the year Roosevelt died. With a preface by Theodore Rex author Edmund Morris, Theodore Roosevelt''s History of the United States provides a unique perspective on both this country and one of its most energetic, brilliant, and entertaining leaders. Daniel Ruddy grew up on Long Island, New York, where a childhood trip to Roosevelt''s home in Oyster Bay triggered a lifelong interest in the 26th president. He is a marketing consultant for Fortune 500 companies, and he holds a master''s degree in international relations from the London School of Economics. An avid researcher into U.S. history and the presidency, this is his first work. ''This is a book that everyone even faintly interested in American history will read with amazement and delight. It is nothing less than an historical experience, a journey into our past in the company of a unique and often startling time-traveler.'' - Thomas Fleming, author of The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers
About the author
Daniel Ruddy grew up on Long Island, New York, where a childhood trip to Roosevelt's home, Sagamore Hill, triggered a lifelong interest in Theodore Roosevelt. A marketing consultant for Fortune 500 companies, Ruddy holds a master's degree in international relations from the London School of Economics.
