The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Revised and Updated)

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt chronicles the privileged youth, elite education, Western-territory adventures, military campaigns, braggadocio, family life and assemblage of the larger-than-life personality that became TR. It is the first volume of Morris's planned three-volume biography, and concludes on the day TR takes the White House. The awards and critical praise heaped on the book are due to Morris's meticulous research and his intricate and poetic prose style, all of which hauls the form of presidential biography into the realm of literature.