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The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
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Author:
Edward F. O'Keefe
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Date:
May 7, 2024
A family love story, revealing how an icon of rugged American masculinity was profoundly shaped by the women in his life, especially his mother, sisters, and wives.
What The Reviewers Say
The book will not supplant the richly textured biographies written by David McCullough, Edmund Morris and Kathleen Dalton, though the author draws upon them, nor does it try to — it pursues a particular agenda, and with vigor.
While it’s interesting to speculate what these extraordinary figures might have made of their lives in a world that accepted women playing a public role in politics, Mr. O’Keefe wisely doesn’t linger on this point. Instead of bemoaning the confines in which they labored, he celebrates their devotion, skills and accomplishments. In doing so, he leads us to a better understanding of an equally extraordinary man, Theodore Roosevelt..
O’Keefe presents a perceptive and persuasive argument that adds a sensitive dimension to the masculine persona of Theodore Roosevelt as a man indebted to the women in his life..
Illuminating.
