Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt

New York state assemblyman, assistant secretary of the Navy, governor of New York, vice president and, at forty-two, the youngest president ever-in his own words, Theodore Roosevelt "rose like a rocket." Roosevelt's accomplishments in office were immense. Believing that the emerging aristocracy of wealth represented a genuine threat to democracy, TR broke trusts to curb the rapacity of big business. He built the Panama Canal and engaged the country in world affairs. And he won the Nobel Peace Prize-the only sitting president ever so honored. In lapidary prose, Lion in the White House recounts the courageous life of one of the greatest leaders our nation has ever known.