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Book SynopsisTheodore Roosevelt is an American icon, his face carved in granite alongside those of Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore. He is the only American awarded both the Medal of Honor and Nobel Peace Prize. As president, he pushed through a stubborn Congress to breakup corporate monopolies strangling the economy, impose health standards on the food and drug industries, and conserve America's natural heritage, including the Grand Canyon and Redwood forest. He was a brilliant diplomat who ended a war between Japan and Russia, and prevented a war between Germany and France. He engineered independence for the province of Panama from Columbia, then signed a treaty with the new country that entitled the United States to build, run, and defend a Panama canal. He crusaded for progressive reforms as a New York assemblyman, U.S. civil service commissioner, New York City police commissioner, and New York governor. He led scientific expeditions across East Africa's savanna and Brazil's r
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Stepping Stones Chapter 1: The Child of Nature Chapter 2: The Assemblyman Chapter 3: The Westerner Chapter 4: The Civil Service Commissioner Chapter 5: The Police Commissioner Chapter 6: The Assistant Navy Secretary Chapter 7: The Rough Rider Chapter 8: The Governor Chapter 9: The Vice President Part II: The Presidency Chapter 10: The Trustbuster Chapter 11: The Square Dealer Chapter 12: The Imperialist Chapter 13: The Statesman Chapter 14: The Conservationist Chapter 15: The Mistake of His Life Part III: The Unfinished Business Chapter 16: The Elder Statesman Chapter 17: The New Nationalist Chapter 18: The Man in the Arena Chapter 19: The Last Chances Chapter 20: The Legacy
