Theodore Rex
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Author
Edmund Morris
Published
July 18, 2009
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My father took me to his summer White House when I was
about nine years old, and we stood on the wide porch and peeked through
the windows. The place was closed at the time. "Can you see him in
there?" my father joked. I looked as hard as a nine-year-old could, but
couldn't see him. You can feel him in the place, though, especailly
after reading this book, and the one that comes before it, "The Rise of
Theodore Roosevelt," also by Mr. Morris. Read them in that order, and
then follow those with David McCullough's "Mornings on Horseback," and
Candice Millard's "River of Doubt." What a life this man lived! I went
one day to his grave, which is not far from Sagamore Hill, and I stood
in a gentle rain for about a half-hour. It was late summer, and I was
there alone - just me and my thoughts.
