Cowboy President - The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt

Informationen zum Autor By Michael F. Blake Klappentext The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt reveals how Roosevelt's time spent in the Western Dakota Territory helped him recover from an overwhelming personal loss, but more importantly, how it transformed him into the man etched onto Mount Rushmore, a man who is still rated as one of the top five Presidents in American history. Unlike other Roosevelt biographies, The Cowboy President details how the land, the people and the Western code of honor had an enormous impact on Theodore and how this experience influenced him in his later years. Zusammenfassung The Cowboy President: How the American West Transformed Theodore Roosevelt details how his time spent in the Western Dakota Territory helped him recover from an overwhelming personal loss! but more importantly! how it transformed him into the man etched onto Mount Rushmore! a man who is still rated as one of the top five Presidents in American history. Unlike other Roosevelt biographies! The Cowboy President details how the land! the people and the Western code of honor had an enormous impact on Theodore and how this experience influenced him in his later years.

Product details

• Authors: Michael F. Blake
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2018
• EAN: 9781493030712
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-3071-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politikwissenschaft, USA, Politische Führer und Führung, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Politik / Politikwissenschaft, Politologie, Amerika (USA), Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte, USA / Geschichte (bis 1945), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State