Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
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- Synopsis
- Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as AmericaOCOs prototypical ocowboyOCO presidentua Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West. But while the great outdoors certainly shaped RooseveltOCOs identity, historian Edward P. Kohn argues that it was his hometown of New York that made him the progressive president we celebrate today. During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike, proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combated the cityOCOs rampant corruption, and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrantsuexperiences that would serve him well as president of the United States. A riveting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness, "Heir to the Empire City" reveals that RooseveltOCOs true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 272 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780465069750
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780465024292
- Publisher:
- Basic Books
- Date of Addition:
- 05/28/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Edward P. Kohn
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.