McCulough's early days to manhood (mid twenties) biography of Theodore Roosevelt. The first third of the books focuses on His parents and early childhood. I learned much about his father and his philosophies, but this section could have been edited a bit more. Was fascinated with the thought of spending 10 months with the entire family touring Europe. Or months on the Nile. The Next section focused on Teddy as a young man off to Harvard. Lastly his early political years, marriage and finally as a cattle rancher in the Dakotas. Learned many things that helped me appreciate the man that he came to be and the president he would become. Also a fascinating history of the wealth and big city living in NYC in the golden age.