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PublisherSimon & Schuster, Incorporated
ISBN-100684864770
ISBN-139780684864778
eBay Product ID (ePID)43120672
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhen Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt after the White House
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorPatricia O'toole
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight30.3 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-062590
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"When Trumpets Call is the best biography I have read in years. Patricia O'Toole has brilliantly re-created the final years of one of our greatest American presidents. Here is Theodore Roosevelt with all his faults and with all his strengths -- the devoted family man, the passionate game hunter, the far-sighted statesman, the astute politician, the frustrated warrior. This is a deeply moving account of the last years of a very great man."-- David Herbert Donald, author of Lincoln, "With profound artistry and an empathy unclouded by sentiment, Patricia O'Toole re-creates one of the most poignant chapters in presidential history -- Theodore Roosevelt at twilight. Anything but retiring, her TR is a beguiling compound of individual courage, political vision, shameless ego, and a charisma undimmed by a century's passage. His public career is fascinating enough, but it is O'Toole's private Roosevelt that will haunt readers of this beautifully crafted book. Few will be able to put it down without a catch in the throat."-- Richard Norton Smith, Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, "As president, Theodore Roosevelt set a new standard for activism, and he did so as an ex-president as well. This is a fascinating account of the impact he had during the tumultuous decade after he left office."-- Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin, "Just when we think we know pretty much all there is to know about the vibrant and dynamic Theodore Roosevelt, along comes Patricia O'Toole with a political page-turner. She is one of our most graceful prose writers, and the clarity and insight of her research into what made TR tick have resulted in the best political biography that we are likely to have for many years to come."-- Deirdre Bair, author of Jung: A Biography, "Filled with surprises, stunning, and vivid. Patricia O'Toole has contributed a powerful new addition to our understanding of Theodore Roosevelt's life and legacy."-- Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt
Dewey Decimal973.91/1/092 B
Table Of ContentContents Author's NotePrologue: VictoryLabyrinth1. Embarked2. A Full-Blooded Picnic3. One White Man's Burdens4. Into the Thick of Things5. Prairie FireRift6. Duels7. Off the Pedestal8. Another Cup of Coffee9. Saturnalia10. A Barn-Raising11. Spend and Be SpentBarrens12. Reckonings13. Scope14. Half-Gods15. Wild Surmise16. BlackballedPrecipice17. War in the Garden of Eden18. On a Volcano19. The Young Colonel and the Old Colonel20. A Boy Inspired21. While Daring GreatlyArchival SourcesNotesSelect BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex
SynopsisA remarkable portrait of one of our most remarkable presidents, When Trumpets Call focuses on Theodore Roosevelt's life after the White House. TR had reveled in his power and used it to enlarge the scope of the office, expand government's role in economic affairs, and increase U.S. influence abroad. Only fifty when he left the White House, he would spend the rest of his life longing to return. Drawing from a wealth of new and previously unused sources, Patricia O'Toole, author of the highly acclaimed biography of Henry Adams and his friends, The Five of Hearts, conducts the first thorough investigation of the most eventful, most revealing decade of Roosevelt's life. When he left office in March 1909, Roosevelt went on safari, leaving the political stage to William Howard Taft, the friend he had selected to succeed him. Home from Africa and gravely disappointed in Taft, he could not resist challenging Taft for the Republican nomination in 1912. When Taft bested him, Roosevelt formed the Bull Moose Party and ran for president on a third ticket, a move that split the Republican vote and put Woodrow Wilson in the White House.In 1914, after the beginning of World War I, Roosevelt became the most vocal critic of Wilson's foreign policy, and two years later, hoping to oust Wilson, Roosevelt maneuvered behind the scenes in another failed bid for the Republican nomination. Turned down by Wilson in his request to raise troops and take them to France, TR helped his four sons realize their wish to serve, then pressured Washington to speed up the war effort. His youngest son was killed on Bastille Day, 1918. Theodore Roosevelt died six months later. His last written words were a reminder to himself to see the chairman of the Republican Party. Surprising, original, deeply moving, When Trumpets Call is a portrait framed by a deeply human question: What happens to a powerful man when he loses power? Most of all, it is an unforgettable close-up of Theodore Roosevelt as he struggled not only to recover power but also to maintain a much-needed sense of purpose. Through her perceptive treatment of his last decade, Patricia O'Toole shows why Theodore Roosevelt still enjoys the affection and esteem of Americans across the political spectrum.
LC Classification NumberE757.O77 2005
