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An autobiography offers an intimate and telling portrait of one of the greatest statesmen in american history. New york state assemblyman, assistant secretary of the navy, new york city police commissioner, governor of new york, vice president, and, at fortytwo, the youngest president ever, theodore roosevelt in his own wordsrose like a rocket. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read lion in the white house. The definitive biography of a largerthan life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed washington forever. In lion in the white house, historian aida donald masterfully chronicles the life of this first modern president. Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. That was on new years day, 1907, when tr, who had just won the nobel peace prize, threw open the doors of the white house to the american people and shook 8,150 hands. New york state assemblyman, assistant secretary of the navy, governor of new york, vice president and, at fortytwo, the youngest president everin his own words, theodore roosevelt rose like a rocket. Tr did write many other autobiographical books, and this one is primariily about his presidentcy. The rise of theodore roosevelt begins at the apex of his international prestige.
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