Heir to the Empire City New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt

Name: Heir to the Empire City New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
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ISBN: 9780465024292

ISBN-10: 0465024297

ISBN-13: 9780465024292

Edition: 2014

Authors: Edward P. Kohn

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Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America’s prototypical cowboy” presidenta Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West. But while the great outdoors certainly shaped Roosevelt’s 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 city’s rampant corruption, and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of…

Book details

List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 12/10/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.49" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English