The Old Lion

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Near the end of his life, Theodore Roosevelt looks back on the experiences that shaped his public career and private character. The narrative moves from childhood illness and family bereavement through ranching in the Dakota Territory, reform politics, war in Cuba and the presidency.

Roosevelt’s restless pursuit of action carries him from the Rough Riders and the White House to the Amazon expedition that nearly kills him. The novel treats his ambition, grief, physical courage and appetite for national power as connected forces, placing the making of a political legend within the upheavals of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.