''Theodore Rex'' (2001) is a biography of U.S. President

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T.R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York (state), New York politics, incl ...

written by author Edmund Morris. It is the second volume of a trilogy, preceded by the

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-winning '' The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt'' (1979) and succeeded by '' Colonel Roosevelt'' which was published on November 23, 2010. ''Theodore Rex'' covers the years of the

presidency of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt's tenure as the 26th president of the United States began on September 14, 1901, and expired on March 4, 1909. Roosevelt, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, took office upon the Assassination of William McKinley, a ...

, from 1901 to 1909, covering events such as the construction of the

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, as well as the Roosevelt Administration's political, diplomatic and military exploits during the aforementioned period.

Critical reception

In ''

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'', critic Ryan L. Cole praised the book along with the rest of the trilogy. He said that ''Theodore Rex'' showed the

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of Roosevelt's life in a way that is "epic in scope and vast in detail". The work has also been criticized by others as having “generated no lasting ideas, no new perspectives”. The book won the 2001 ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize for Biography.

Notes

References

* Morris, Edmund (2002)
''Theodore Rex.''
New York: Random House.

External links

*C-SPAN ''Q&A'
Interview with Morris on his Roosevelt trilogy
November 21, 2010 2001 non-fiction books American biographies Books about Theodore Roosevelt Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt Random House books {{US-poli-bio-book-stub