The Man in the Arena Selected Writings of Theodore Roosevelt: A Reader

by Roosevelt, Theodore , IV

• ISBN13: 9780765306708
• ISBN10: 0765306700
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-05
• Publisher: Forge Books

Summary

The first compilation of selections from the major works of Teddy Roosevelt since the resurgence in his popularity due to the major award-winning/bestselling biographies by Edmond Morris and H. W. Brands. 'It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out where the strong stumbled, or how the doer could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is in the arena, his face marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and falls short again and again: there is no effort without error. But he who tries, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, at best knows the triumph of achievement, and at the worst, fails while daring. His place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.' -Theodore Roosevelt

Author Biography

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States (the first of the twentieth century), as well as recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, historian, naturalist, bestselling author, and perhaps the most multifaceted and dynamic figure ever to grace the residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction by the editor: "TR: The Man in the Arena"

Historian
From The Winning of the West
The Spread of the English-Speaking Peoples
Boon and the Long Hunters:And Their Hunting in No-Man's Land, 1769-1774

From The Naval History of the War of 1812
1814: On the Lakes: Champlain
1815: The Battle of New Orleans

Memoirist
From Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
The New York Police

From The Rough Riders
The Cavalry at Santiago

Adventurer
From Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail
From Ranchman's Rifle on Crag and Prairie

From African Game Trails
A Railroad Through the Pleistocene
Lion Hunting on the Kapiti Plains

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness
The River of Doubt
Down an Unknown River into the Equatorial Forest

Man of Letters
Washington's Forgotten Maxim
The Peace of Righteousness
Books for Holidays in the Open
Dante and the Bowery
History as Literature

Bibliography