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Edmund Morris
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May 27, 1940
in Nairobi, Kenya
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“Norway...looked to Roosevelt "as funny a kingdom as was ever imagined outside of opera bouffe....It is much as if Vermont should offhand try the experiment of having a king.”
― Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt
― Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt
“Ordinary psyches often react to bad news with a momentary thrill, seeing the world, for once, in jagged clarity, as if lightning has just struck. But then darkness and dysfunction rush in. A mind such as Beethoven's remains illumined, or sees in the darkness shapes it never saw before, which inspire rather than terrify. This altered shape (raptus, he would say) makes art of the shapes, while holding in counterpoise such dualities as intellect and intuition, the conscious and the unconscious, mental health and mental disorder, the conventional and the unconventional, complexity and simplicity.”
― Edmund Morris, Beethoven: The Universal Composer
― Edmund Morris, Beethoven: The Universal Composer
“Yet there was no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt was peculiarly qualified to be President of all the people. Few, if any Americans could match the breadth of his intellect and the strength of his character. A random survey of his achievements might show him mastering German, French, and the contrasted dialects of Harvard and Dakota Territory; assembling fossil skeletons with paleontological skill; fighting for an amateur boxing championship; transcribing birdsong into a private system of phonetics; chasing boat thieves with a star on his breast and Tolstoy in his pocket; founding a finance club, a stockmen's association, and a hunting-conservation society; reading some twenty thousand books and writing fifteen of his own; climbing the Matterhorn; promulgating a flying machine; and becoming a world authority on North American game mammals. If the sum of all these facets of experience added up to more than a geometric whole - implying excess construction somewhere, planes piling upon planes - then only he, presumably, could view the polygon entire.”
― Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex
― Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex
Polls
Theodore Roosevelt Poll:
It appears that by the end of the President's Poll that Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt were tied. Then somehow after we had voted on the Thomas Jefferson book, Teddy pulled ahead!!
So now we have to make it up to all of the Theodore Roosevelt voters and a book by or about Theodore Roosevelt will be our next Presidential Series selection.
This selection will begin on June 1, 2010 and will continue for three months (June, July and August). This discussion will be led by Bryan. Bryan has an extraordinary background and will be a great moderator to lead this discussion. He and Joe now share the responsibilities for the Presidential Series reads and will be alternating book discussions. They are both Assisting Moderators for the Presidential Series.
We have added all of the books nominated on the Theodore Roosevelt thread. However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.
You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. Some of the TR books deal with only a certain period of his life, one is multi-volume (the Morris books - I have added both separately), some deal with other founding fathers too; some are all encompassing, others deal with specific events in TR's life or presidency and others are by the man, himself.
Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.
Bentley
It appears that by the end of the President's Poll that Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt were tied. Then somehow after we had voted on the Thomas Jefferson book, Teddy pulled ahead!!
So now we have to make it up to all of the Theodore Roosevelt voters and a book by or about Theodore Roosevelt will be our next Presidential Series selection.
This selection will begin on June 1, 2010 and will continue for three months (June, July and August). This discussion will be led by Bryan. Bryan has an extraordinary background and will be a great moderator to lead this discussion. He and Joe now share the responsibilities for the Presidential Series reads and will be alternating book discussions. They are both Assisting Moderators for the Presidential Series.
We have added all of the books nominated on the Theodore Roosevelt thread. However, if you do not see your favorite book on this list; then just comment or pop me a note and I will immediately add it to this poll.
You can always change your vote at any time; so nothing is lost. Some of the TR books deal with only a certain period of his life, one is multi-volume (the Morris books - I have added both separately), some deal with other founding fathers too; some are all encompassing, others deal with specific events in TR's life or presidency and others are by the man, himself.
Before making your selection, please try to look up your choice and make sure it really is a book you are interested in; do not be lured in by the title. Also, check out the author and what others have said about the book before you (reviewers who you trust). Then of course, make your selection.
Bentley
by H.W. Brands
by Timothy Egan
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Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan's democrati...: Book nominations | 9 | 17 | Apr 24, 2008 09:08pm | |
| The History Book ...: 1. MORNINGS ON HORSEBACK ~ AUTHOR'S NOTE AND CHAPTER 1 (9 - 38) (05/30/10 - 06/06/10) ~ No spoilers, please | 45 | 48 | Jun 22, 2010 02:39pm | |
| The History Book ...: 13. MORNINGS ON HORSEBACK ~ CHAPTER 15, parts 4 & 16 & Afterword (341 - 370) (08/23/10 - 08/31/10)~ No spoilers, please | 10 | 21 | Sep 07, 2010 11:13am | |
| The History Book ...: 1. GRANT ~ PREFACE AND CHAPTERS 1-2 (13 - 69) (10/04/10 - 10/10/10) ~ No spoilers, please | 61 | 62 | Jan 04, 2011 05:41am | |
| Presidential Biog...: Any New Biographies Out There? | 7 | 25 | Feb 24, 2011 12:49pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: * Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) | 2655 | 521 | Aug 31, 2011 09:18pm | |
| The History Book ...: BEETHOVEN | 15 | 37 | Sep 12, 2011 03:24pm | |
| The History Book ...: * I AM LOOKING FOR A BOOK ON.........? | 400 | 457 | Jan 26, 2012 11:22pm | |
| favorite/ least favorite reads in 2011 | 9 | 126 | Feb 17, 2012 02:45pm |
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