false 10787 0 0 302731 0688132200 9780688132200 10 <![CDATA[Theodore Roosevelt]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173553215m/302731.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173553215s/302731.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/302731.Theodore_Roosevelt 4.09 58 Nathan Miller's critically acclaimed biography of Theodore Roosevelt is the first complete one-volume life of the Rough Rider to be published in more than thirty years. From his sickly childhood to charging up San Juan Hill to waving his fist under J.P. Morgan's rubicund nose, Theodore Roosevelt offers the intimate history of a man who continues to cast a magic spell over the American imagination.

As the twenty-sixth president of the United States, from 1901 to 1909, Roosevelt embodied the overwheliming confidence of the nation as it entered the American Century. With fierce joy, he brandished a "Big Stick" abroad and promised a "Square Deal" at home. He was the nation's first environmental president, challenged the trusts, and, as the first American leader to play an important role in world affairs, began construction of a long-dreamed canal across Panama and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for almost singlehandedly bringing about a peaceful end to the Russo-Japanese War.

In addition to following Roosevelt's political career, Theodore Roosevelt looks deeply into his personal relations to draw a three-dimensional portrait of a man who confronted life-wrenching tragedies as well as triumphs. It is biography at its most compelling.

]]> 10787 3.90 131 21 1992 450412 0306813793 9780306813795 6 <![CDATA[New World Coming: The 1920s and the Making of Modern America]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174877159m/450412.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174877159s/450412.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/450412.New_World_Coming_The_1920s_and_the_Making_of_Modern_America 3.75 16 Publishers Weekly calls it "an excellent chronicle of that turbulent, troubled, and tempestuous decade," and Jonathan Yardley's Washington Post review proclaimed this the new classic history of the 1920s, replacing Frederick Lewis Allen's celebrated account. Using the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a backdrop, Miller describes the world of Calvin Coolidge, H. L. Mencken, Woodrow Wilson, and the Red Scare in extraordinarily accessible (and frequently witty) writing, New World Coming is destined to become the book we all turn to, to recall one of the most beloved eras in American history.]]> 10787 3.90 131 21 2003 837092 0471078352 9780471078357 0 <![CDATA[Broadsides: The Age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1815]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178781951m/837092.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178781951s/837092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/837092.Broadsides_The_Age_of_Fighting_Sail_1775_1815 4.44 9 If that were true, historian Nathan Miller suggests, then the record of sailing in the age of tall ships would likely be distinguished by few heroes and fewer grand narratives. He counters that in the regular navies of England, the fledgling United States, and most other nations, brutal captains and thuggish crewmen were rare, and professionalism was the order of the day. It was their high standard of service that made those naval forces such powerful, even indispensable arms of the land-based military. Miller's great hero throughout this fine history is Horatio Nelson, whose valor was exemplary throughout countless battles around the world. But he writes with equal admiration of lesser-known figures, such as Lambert Wickes, Pierre de Villeneuve, Juan de Cordova, and "Foul Weather Jack" Byron, who served their nations and fellow sailors well, and often heroically.

Broadsides is an entertaining, illuminating history sure to please fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester. --Gregory McNamee

]]> 10787 3.90 131 21 2000 450407 0684852063 9780684852065 0 <![CDATA[Star-Spangled Men: America's Ten Worst Presidents]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664279m/450407.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664279s/450407.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/450407.Star_Spangled_Men_America_s_Ten_Worst_Presidents 3.40 10 Star-Spangled Men, presidential biographer Nathan Miller compiles a subjective list of the 10 crummiest presidents in history. His criteria for ignominy: "bad character, the inability to compromise, a lack of vision, poor political skills, dishonesty, and an inability to communicate." Richard Nixon and Andrew Johnson are obvious choices, Jimmy Carter and William Howard Taft somewhat less so, though probably deserving according to Miller. Many readers probably can find a selection or two to quarrel with on these pages (Is Calvin Coolidge really one of the 10 worst?), but nonetheless will appreciate Miller's candid assessments. (The most controversial part of the book is certainly its brief epilogue, which details "the two most overrated presidents": Thomas Jefferson and John F. Kennedy.) Miller provides 10 neat summaries of 10 arguable failures in this good bit of opinionated writing that turns the klieg lights on some of American history's dimmer stars. ]]> 10787 3.90 131 21 1998 2404986 0684803801 9780684803807 1 <![CDATA[War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2404986.War_at_Sea_A_Naval_History_of_World_War_II 4.00 7 10787 3.90 131 21 1995 5711422 142779779X 9781427797797 2 <![CDATA[Teaching in Circles: My Journeys in Teaching High School]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5711422.Teaching_in_Circles_My_Journeys_in_Teaching_High_School 3.50 4 Teaching in Circles is a series of stories about a teacher and his thoughts on his profession, stories of the things he struggles with daily, and his eventual decision to remain a teacher.]]> 10787 3.90 131 21 2008 6497438 038515108X 9780385151085 0 <![CDATA[FDR: An Intimate History]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6497438-fdr 4.00 1 10787 3.90 131 21 1983 3048114 1 <![CDATA[The Enterprise of a Free People: Aspects of Economic Development in New York State during the Canal Period, 1792 - 1838]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3048114.The_Enterprise_of_a_Free_People_Aspects_of_Economic_Development_in_New_York_State_during_the_Canal_Period_1792_1838 4.00 1 10787 3.90 131 21 1962 3280590 0 <![CDATA[The Roosevelt Chronicles]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3280590.The_Roosevelt_Chronicles 3.00 1 10787 3.90 131 21 1979 450414 0890839425 9780890839423 0 <![CDATA[The Naval Air War]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/450414.The_Naval_Air_War 3.00 1 10787 3.90 131 21 1982