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tslex

Lifer
Jun 23, 2011
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I am about a quarter of the way through Edmund Morris amazing, Pulitzer-prize winning first volume of his Theodore Roosevelt biography. I cannot praise or recommend it highly enough: The best biography I have read, the best book of any sort I have read this year. A thrilling read about a man whose life hardly fits on the page.
(I am glad I'm reading it on my Kindle -- at 960 pages, it would be hard to hold onto the book and a pipe at the same time.)
Roosevelt Rising

 

jankomatic

Starting to Get Obsessed
Sep 12, 2010
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It is an excellent volume, not sure if it is the best biography I have read, but in the top 5 for sure. EDIT, top 5 including the other 2 volumes as a set. :)

 

toehead

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Jun 8, 2011
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I agree it is one of the best biographies I have ever read. I have read all three in the Edmund Morris series on Roosevelt. He really did live a remarkable life even if I disagree with some of his views he always had the people in mind with his decisions and never his career. That is why he was so loved.

 

punkpiper

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May 12, 2011
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I'll be sure to give this a read when I can, since Roosevelt is one of the examples of a truly great leader and man among men.

 
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