![]() Morris examines his life as a young politician driven by a sense of public duty and stewardship, and captures multiple aspects of the events that shaped the character and performance of Roosevelt. Morris reports that Roosevelt probably read the equivalent of one book per day during his life. His passion for learning despite severe illness is well documented. ![]() Specific topics include the philosophy of Roosevelt's father, mother, and his family. It includes the Roosevelt family history starting with his parents' influence, his turbulent childhood illnesses, education, involvement in politics, and political accomplishments that prepared him to be one of the most influential presidents of the modern era. ![]() The Rise covers the time from Roosevelt's birth through his ascendancy to the Presidency. ![]() It won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and the 1980 National Book Award in Biography. It is the first in a trilogy continued more than twenty and thirty years later by Theodore Rex (2001) and Colonel Roosevelt (2010). The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (1979) is a biography of United States President Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris and published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan when the author was forty years old. ![]()
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