A most glorious ride : the diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886 / edited by Edward P. Kohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, author.

Contributor:

Kohn, Edward P. (Edward Parliament), 1968- editor.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Diaries.

Roosevelt, Theodore.

Presidents--United States--Diaries.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : Excelsior Editions, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Finalist for the 2015 ForeWord INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award in the History CategoryA 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.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""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""; ""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 (1883)""

""Diary Entries""""“The light has gone out of my life�: Volume VIII (1884)""; ""February 14 entry (image)""; ""Diary Entries""; ""“E.K.C.�: Volume IX (1886)""; ""Diary Entries""; ""Conclusion: Theodore Roosevelt�s Life after 1886""; ""Glossary of Latin Names of Wildlife Observed and Collected by Theodore Roosevelt""; ""Birds""; ""Animals""; ""Works Consulted""; ""Manuscript Collections""; ""Books""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438455150

1438455151