Theodore Roosevelt's History of the United States - His Own Words, Selected and Arranged by Daniel Ruddy

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Theodore Roosevelt's ideas about the nation's early days and his own times can be found sprinkled throughout his voluminous writings, but these "pearls of thought" (as one of his book reviewers described them in 1888) have never before been pulled together into one volume. Now, through the skillful editing of Daniel Ruddy, Theodore Roosevelt's History of the United States provides readers with Roosevelt's unique view of American history from the Revolution to the beginning of the twentieth century. An astute historical observer, Roosevelt was a hanging judge who did not hesitate to render harsh verdicts about leaders and events from America's past. His razor-sharp opinions cut to the core, capturing the essence of obscure and prominent figures alike: in his view, Andrew Jackson was "not more than half civilized," John Tyler was "a politician of monumental littleness," and William McKinley had "no more backbone than a chocolate éclair." Roosevelt did not spare his contemporaries from criticism, either, particularly Woodrow Wilson, whom he believed to be "rotten through and through." What emerges from these pages is, of course, as revealing about Roosevelt as it is about the United States. This colorful compendium is a wonderful new angle on both American history and one of the country's most energetic, brilliant, and entertaining men. Zusammenfassung “A splendid piece of work.” — Edmund Morris In a unique project, author Daniel Ruddy has carefully extracted Teddy Roosevelt’s most relevant and telling comments—from letters, books, speeches, and other sources—and organized them to form a fairly full, always colorful, and highly opinionated history of the United States up to 1919 (the year TR died). With a preface by Theodore Rex author Edmund Morris. ...

Product details

• Authors: Theodore Roosevelt, Daniel Ruddy, Ruddy Daniel
• Assisted by: Daniel Ruddy (Editor)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2010
• EAN: 9780061834325
• ISBN: 978-0-06-183432-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, Local History, History of the Americas, The Americas, Civil wars, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era), HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, HISTORY: Military / United States, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), HISTORY: United States / State & Local / General, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY: Essays, History / 20th Century American