A Most Glorious Ride
Excelsior Editions (Verlag)
978-1-4384-5513-6 (ISBN)
Finalist for the 2015 ForeWord INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award in the History Category
A Most Glorious Ride presents the complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. Covering the formative years of his life, Roosevelt's entries show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. He writes about his grief over the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, and later the death of Alice and his mother on the same day. The diaries chronicle his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. With his descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera, they offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York. They also recount Roosevelt's first birding and hunting trips to the Adirondacks, the Maine woods, and the American West. Ending with Roosevelt's secret engagement to his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, A Most Glorious Ride provides an intimate look into the life of the man who would become America's twenty-sixth president.
Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the diaries have been meticulously transcribed, annotated, and introduced by Edward P. Kohn. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs are also included.
Edward P. Kohn is Assistant Professor of History and Chair of the Department of American Culture and Literature at Bilkent University in Turkey. Kohn has written extensively on Theodore Roosevelt, and his previous books include Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt and Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt.
Preface: Theodore Roosevelt as Diarist
Introduction: Theodore Roosevelt’s Life until 1877
Harvard: Volume I (1877)
Diary Entries
“Trust in the Lord, and Do Good”: Volume II (1878)
Diary Entries
Chestnut Hill: Volume III (1879)
Diary Entries
Married: Volume IV (1880)
Diary Entries
photo gallery follows pages 176
Politics: Volume V (1881)
Diary Entries
Albany: Volume VI (1882)
Diary Entries
1882 Legislative Diary: Diary of Five Months in the New York Legislature
Albany and “Dakotah”: Volume VII
Diary Entries
“The light has gone out of my life”: Volume VIII (1884)
February 14 Entry (Image)
Diary Entries
“E. K. C.”: Volume IX
Diary Entries
Conclusion: Theodore Roosevelt’s Life after 1886
Glossary of Latin Names of Wildlife Observed and Collected by Theodore Roosevelt
Works Consulted
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2015 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Excelsior Editions |
| Zusatzinfo | Total Illustrations: 25 |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 227 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4384-5513-5 / 1438455135 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4384-5513-6 / 9781438455136 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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