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Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When the daughter of his good friend, President Theodore Roosevelt, is kidnapped by a corrupt policeman who plans to control the commander-in-chief before killing him, legendary former lawman Seth Bullock gathers together a deadly posse of rough riders to take down the gang in a hail of bullets."--
Author
Language
English
Description
A provocative biography of the Roosevelt family draws on family secrets and complex rivalries to argue that the Roosevelts' rise to power was driven by a series of inside competitions that were witnessed firsthand by an increasingly begrudging Eleanor Roosevelt.
"Drawing on previously hidden historical documents and interviews with the long-silent 'illegitimate' branch of the family, award-winning author William J. Mann paints an elegant, meticulously...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Alice Roosevelt Longworth lived her entire life on the political stage and in the public eye, earning her the nickname "the other Washington monument." Historian Cordery presents a detailed and entertaining portrait of the witty and whip-smart daughter of Teddy Roosevelt. "Princess Alice" was a tempestuous teenager. Smoking, gambling, and dressing flamboyantly, she flouted social conventions and opened the door for other women to do the same. Her...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
A sweeping novel from renowned author Stephanie Marie Thornton... Alice may be the president's daughter, but she's nobody's darling. As bold as her signature color Alice Blue, the gum-chewing, cigarette-smoking, poker-playing First Daughter discovers that the only way for a woman to stand out in Washington is to make waves--oceans of them. With the canny sophistication of the savviest politician on the Hill, Alice uses her celebrity to her advantage,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Theodore Roosevelt was a colorful adventurer, statesman, and president. But he always felt that the most essential role he played was that of father to his six children. In A Bully Father, noted historical editor Joan Paterson Kerr brings together a collection of his letters, spanning the years between 1898 and 1919, which convey all the boundless affection he felt for his family. Although Roosevelt's responsibilities often took him far from home,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating the five extraordinary yet unsung women who profoundly shaped the life of one of America's most significant presidents, this spirited and poignant family love story reveals Theodore Roosevelt, an icon of rugged American masculinity, as we've never seen him before."--
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
"Renehan vividly portrays the grand idealism, heroic bravery, and reckless abandon the Theodore Roosevelt both embodied and bequeathed to his children--and the tragic fulfillment of that legacy on the battlefields of World War I."
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
General Omar Bradley said of him, "I have never known a braver man or a more devoted soldier." But for much of his life, Theodore Roosevelt's son Ted seemed born to live in his father's shadow. With the same wide smile, winning charm, and vigorous demeanor, Ted possessed limitless potential, with even the White House within his reach. In the First World War, Ted braved gunfire and gas attacks in France to lead his unit into battle. Yet even after...
