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Mornings on Horseback : The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough (2004, Compact Disc, Abridged edition)

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"Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt" by David McCullough is a CD-Audio publication that delves into the biography of an important figure in American history. This compact disc format allows for convenient listening of the engaging story, which explores the early life of Theodore Roosevelt and his family in the 19th century. With a focus on the United States, particularly the Middle Atlantic region, this audiobook offers a unique insight into a bygone era and the influential leaders that shaped it.

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The National Book Award-winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough. Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as "a masterpiece" (John A. Gable, Newsday), it is the winner of the Los Angeles Times 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author of Truman, this is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and almost fatal asthma attacks, and his struggle to manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household in which he was raised. The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. The mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and a celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, TR's first love. All are brought to life to make "a beautifully told story, filled with fresh detail" ( The New York Times Book Review ). A book to be read on many levels, it is at once an enthralling story, a brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship which does away with several old myths and breaks entirely new ground. It is a book about life intensely lived, about family love and loyalty, about grief and courage, about "blessed" mornings on horseback beneath the wide blue skies of the Badlands.

Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100743533461

ISBN-139780743533461

eBay Product ID (ePID)2490215

Product Key Features

Publication Year2004

TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, General, Presidents & Heads of State

Book TitleMornings on Horseback : The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

LanguageEnglish

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorDavid Mccullough

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height0.5in.

Item Length5.9in.

Item Weight9.3 Oz

Item Width5in.

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsDetroit News This is a marvelous chronicle of manners and morals, love and duty, and as captivating as anything you will find between book covers in a long while., Denver Post A fine account of Roosevelt's rise to manhood, well written and, like its subject, full of irrepressible vitality.

Number of Volumes8 Vols.

Dewey Decimal973.91/1/092

Edition DescriptionAbridged Edition