ColonelRoosevelt

作者 Edmund Morris著
出版社 RandomHousePublishingGroup
出版时间 2011年10月
ISBN 9780375757075
定价 158.00

内容简介

ThisbiographybyEdmundMorris,thePulitzerPrize–andNationalBookAward–winningauthorofTheRiseofTheodoreRooseveltandTheodoreRex,marksthecompletionofatrilogysuretostandasdefinitive.Ofallourgreatpresidents,TheodoreRooseveltistheonlyonewhosegreatnessincreasedoutofoffice.Whatotherpresidenthaswrittenfortybooks,huntedlions,foundedathirdpoliticalparty,survivedanassassin’sbullet,andexploredanunknownriverlongerthantheRhine?Packedwithmoreadventure,variety,drama,humor,andtragedythanabignovel,yetdocumenteddowntothesmallestfact,thismasterworkrecountsthelastdecadeofperhapsthemostamazinglifeinAmericanhistory.,

作者简介

EdmundMorriswasbornandeducatedinKenyaandwenttocollegeinSouthAfrica.HeworkedasanadvertisingcopywriterinLondonbeforeimmigratingtotheUnitedStatesin1968.Hisfirstbook,TheRiseofTheodoreRoosevelt,wonthePulitzerPrizeandtheNationalBookAwardin1980.Itssequel,TheodoreRex,wontheLosAngelesTimesAwardforBiographyin2002.Inbetweenthesetwobooks,MorrisbecamePresidentReagan’sauthorizedbiographer,andpublishedthenationalbestsellerDutch:AMemoirofRonaldReagan.MorerecentlyhehaswrittenBeethoven:TheUniversalComposer.EdmundMorrislivesinNewYorkCityandKent,Connecticut,withhiswifeandfellowbiographer,SylviaJukesMorris.FromtheHardcoveredition.,,

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