T.R.: The Last Romantic - Paperback

by H. W. Brands (Author)

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 the energy he brought to every political office he held or his unshakable moral convictions that made him so popular, or even his status as a bonafide war hero. Most important, Theodore Roosevelt was loved by the people because this scion of a privileged New York family loved America and Americans.

And yet, according to Brands, if we look at the private Roosevelt without blinders, we see a man whose great public strengths hid enormous personal deficiencies; he was uncompromising, self-involved, and a highly imperfect brother, husband, and father.

Beautifully written, and powerfully moved by its subject, T.R. is the classic biography of one of America's greatest and most complex leaders.

Author Biography

H. W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. chair in history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the New York Times-bestselling author of thirty books, including two Pulitzer Prize finalists in biography. Recent titles include Dreams of El Dorado, Founding Partisans, and America First. He lives in Austin, Texas.