The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Part 1 Author:Edmund Morris Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, THER RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT is a sweeping narative of the man and his legend. It is told as a hard-riding adventure story, spanning the years from Roosevelt's birth in 1858 to President McKinley's death and Teddy Roosevelt's assumption of office in 1901. — "Roosevelt the Good," as Republicans called him, was an a... more »dventurer, cowboy, gentleman and politician. It was his syle that took him to the White House. it was leadership that kept him there.« less