Theodore Rex (book)

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Theodore Rex
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First edition
Author Edmund Morris
Cover artist John Singer Sargent
LanguageEnglish
Subject Theodore Roosevelt
Genre Biography
Publisher Random House
Publication date
November 20, 2001
Publication place United States
ISBN 978-0-394-55509-6
Preceded by The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt  
Followed by Colonel Roosevelt  

Theodore Rex (2001) is a biography of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt written by author Edmund Morris. [1] It is the second volume of a trilogy, preceded by the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (1979) and succeeded by Colonel Roosevelt which was published on November 23, 2010.

Contents

Theodore Rex covers the years of the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, from 1901 to 1909, covering events such as the construction of the Panama Canal, as well as the Roosevelt Administration's political, diplomatic and military exploits during the aforementioned period. [2]

Critical reception

In City Journal , critic Ryan L. Cole praised the book along with the rest of the trilogy. He said that Theodore Rex showed the apotheosis of Roosevelt's life in a way that is "epic in scope and vast in detail". [3] The work has also been criticized by others as having “generated no lasting ideas, no new perspectives”. [4]

The book won the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Morris, Edmund (2001-11-20). Theodore Rex. National Geographic Books. ISBN   978-0-394-55509-6.
  2. ↑ Maslin, Janet. "Books of the Times: Scaling the Nation in a Single Bound," New York Times. November 15, 2001.
  3. ↑ "The Last Word on Teddy". 23 December 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  4. ↑ Greenberg, David, “What's Wrong with David McCullough's Kind of History?”, n.d., History News Network, online.
  5. ↑ "2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 4 Jun 2016.


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