From the time that young Theodore Roosevelt comes walking right towards you—stepping out with a purposeful tread—you know things are going to happen.

They happen and keep on happening to this timid and delicate boy who became one of the liveliest, busiest, and most forceful of our Presidents.

Genevieve Foster knows how to write a story that keeps one reading and yet is a full and skillfully evaluated biography. Theodore Roosevelt's family relationships are presented with warmth and understanding.

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