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River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (05 Edition) by Candice Millard Staff Pick Well researched and skillfully written, this commanding account of achievement and calamity retraces Roosevelt's perilous expedition of the uncharted Amazon. A dazzling gem of history, Millard's impeccable narrative brims with imagery and tension.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan Publisher Comments On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno. Forest... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York by Richard Zacks Publisher Comments When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice . . . and vice won.... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $18.73 New - Hardcover
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River of Doubt Theodore Roosevelts Darke by Candice Millard Publisher Comments At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt—it is a... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough Publisher Comments Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as a masterpiece by Newsday, it also won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography. Now with a new... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Strenuous Life (09 Edition) by Theodore Roosevelt Publisher Comments Politician, soldier, naturalist, and historian — a century after the peak of his multifaceted career, Theodore Roosevelt remains a towering symbol of American optimism and progress. This collection of speeches and commentaries from 1899 through 1901... (read more) Your price: $3.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley Publisher Comments In this groundbreaking epic biography, Douglas Brinkley draws on never-before-published materials to examine the life and achievements of our naturalist president. By setting aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity between 1901... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacy A Cordery Publisher Comments An entertaining and eye-opening biography of America?s most memorable first daughter From the moment Teddy Roosevelt?s outrageous and charming teenage daughter strode into the White House?carrying a snake and dangling a cigarette?the outspoken Alice... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris Publisher Comments Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. When he toured Europe in 1910 as plain "Colonel Roosevelt," he was hailed as the most famous man in the world. Crowned heads vied to put him up in... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Theodore Roosevelt's History of the United States: His Own Words by Theodore Roosevelt Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House by Patricia O'Toole Publisher Comments An analysis of the final ten years of Theodore Roosevelt's life describes how he went on safari after leaving the White House, unsuccessfully strived for another presidential term, worked to support Liberty bonds when the U.S. entered World War I, and... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris Publisher Comments Thirty years ago, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. A collector’s item in its original edition, it has never been out of print as a paperback. This classic book is now reissued in hardcover... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley Publisher Comments One of the Best Books of the Year The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Kansas City Star, The Chicago Tribune, and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch In this monumental biography, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley examines the life and achievements of... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard Publisher Comments A stirring narrative of a real-life adventure chronicles the 1914 expedition of Theodore Roosevelt into the unexplored heart of the Amazon basin to explore and map the little-known region surrounding a tributary called the River of Doubt, detailing the... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The King and the Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners by David Fromkin Publisher Comments An intimate look at two extraordinary figures and their secret collaboration?one that turned the alliance structure of the political world upside down In this character-driven study, acclaimed historian and bestselling author David Fromkin reveals how... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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I Rose Like a Rocket: The Political Education of Theodore Roosevelt by Paul Grondahl Publisher Comments Teddy Roosevelt (1858-1919), the favorite political role model of Bill Clinton and both George Bushes, is legendary for his political acumen and for bending the world to his will. Where, however, did Americas twenty-sixth president learn how to master... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas Brinkley Publisher Comments One of the Best Books of the Year The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Kansas City Star, The Chicago Tribune, and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch In this monumental biography, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley examines the life and achievements of... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Lion and the Journalist: The Unlikely Friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and Joseph Bucklin Bishop by Chip Bishop Publisher Comments Theodore Roosevelt, privileged New Yorker and accidental president, and Joseph Bucklin Bishop, a wily newspaper editor from old New England stock, met when the future Rough Rider was police commissioner of New York City. Bishop hitched his wagon to... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris Publisher Comments Describes Theodore Roosevelt's presidency as he faced the challenges of a new century in which the United States would become a world power, and discusses his accomplishments and failures, the enemies he made, and his family life. Reprint. 250,000 first... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt After the White House by Patricia Otoole Publisher Comments A remarkable portrait of one of our most remarkable presidents, When Trumpets Call focuses on Theodore Roosevelt's life after the White House. TR had reveled in his power and used it to enlarge the scope of the office, expand government's role in... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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