Publisher, Blackstone Audiobooks (August 1997)

The printed book received the Pulitzer Prize in 1980.

"This is one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment." --The New York Times Book Review

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt is the story of seven men---a naturalist, a writer, a lover, a hunter, a cowboy, a soldier, and the politician-who merged at the age of forty-two to become the youngest American President in history. Rarely has any public figure exercised such a charismatic hold on the American people. Edith Wharton compared his vitality to radium. Henry Adams likened the velocity of his career to an express train. Walter Lippmann described him simply as our only 'lovable' President. During the years covered by this book (1858-1901), Roosevelt built himself up from a frail, asthmatic boy to a full-blooded manhood. He had a youthful romance as lyrical-and tragic-as any in Victorian fiction. He chased thieves across the Bad Lands with a copy of Tolstoy in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other.