After reading H.W. Brands’s biography on Theodore Roosevelt, I knew that I wasn’t done with him. I needed more. And who better to go to than the horse’s mouth? At first, I simply read some of his speeches and his account of the Rough Riders, but then I found his autobiography and decided to take a b

"Whether in national or in private affairs it is ordinarily not advisable to make a bluff which cannot be put through."

Many of us don't recognize the fourth person on Mount Rushmore. Many more, knowing only the caricature he's become, don't know why Teddy Roosevelt is there. Reading his autobiograph

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I hesitated to make this a 3 or a 4 star rating, but I went with 4 star because Roosevelt really is an exceptional writer.

There were parts that were admittedly boring; such as when he takes 7 or so pages to enumerate his opinions on songbirds. Or when he spends about

This book was ridiculously good. Roosevelt was a one-of-a-kind.

I wish we had more like him.

His 'speak softly and carry a big stick' rhetoric won him the reputation of a war monger but the fact is that in his 7 1/2 year term as president (he took over for McKinley when he was assassinated 6 months i

This was extremely interesting reading. I like to read biographies, but I have not read many autobiographies. I imagine with autobiographies you often get someone trying to convince the reader to take their point of view, so you have to be careful to keep in mind that you're getting a slanted pictur

No one knows you better than you know yourself.

Theodore Roosevelt’s autobiography is a brilliant first source material. I was intrigued to see the political affairs of the age through this prominent politician’s eyes.

His beautiful descriptions of his childhood, nature and family make the book real

It pains me to only give 2 stars to a book written by my favorite president, but "it was okay" is an honest and accurate assessment.

I'm not into political history at all, and a large chunk of this book is long-winded descriptions of political things from 100+ years ago. Snooze. I skimmed over most o

This is a brilliant book, and Roosevelt creates a wonderful autobiography. This is required reading for most in the area of American History, begining of the 20th century, and late 19th century. This is wonderful primary source material.

This is an excellent volume. Roosevelt's autobiography is quite interesting, particularly how he describes his time out West as well as with the Rough Riders. It's also quite valuable because he gives an estimate of his own actions in office and defends them according to his principles. He does go i

TR's autobiography suffers from two problems. First, the author has an exceptionally high opinion of himself and his causes, and never acknowledges the slightest possibility of error in principle even when he acknowledges that his opponents were equally high-minded men. As often as not, he lacks tha