Risultati per "Teddy Roosevelt" in Politici

Questo saggio storico ripercorre la vita di Franklin Delano Roosevelt, il presidente del governo federale che ha cambiato per sempre la sorte degli Stati Uniti. Per il ruolo che ha ricoperto nella storia dell’America, è spesso considerato alla stregua di Abraham Lincoln e George Washington. Proprio come loro, Roosevelt ha dato un'enorme svolta alla storia del suo Paese, portando all’indipendenza le colonie del New England, sconfiggendo i Confederati, risolvendo una grave crisi economica e, infine, conducendo il suo esercito verso la vittoria nella Seconda guerra mondiale.

Family memoirs and previously unpublished material provide the backdrop for this poignant portrait of a man whose heroic idealism inspired a nation. Edward Renehan's graceful prose allows listeners a close-up look at an entire family of larger-than-life heroes. Theodore Roosevelt taught his sons that wealth and influence were inextricably bound up with a duty to defend democracy to the death. His own exemplary conduct in the Spanish-American War helped win the war for the United States.

From the New York Times bestselling author, an acclaimed biography of President Teddy Roosevelt "A rip-roaring life... Every red-blooded American should read this entertaining book." — Wall Street Journal In his time, there was no more popular national figure than Roosevelt. It was not just...

Winner of the inaugural Theodore Roosevelt Association Book Prize A captivating account of how Theodore Roosevelt’s lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America’s wildlife conservation movement and determined his legacy as a founding father of today’s museum naturalism...

The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough. Mornings on Horseback is...

The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough. Mornings on Horseback is...