Author: KOHN, EDWARD P. (EDWARD PARLIAMENT) (1968-)
Title: Heir to the Empire City: New York and the making of Theodore Roosevelt / Edward P. Kohn
Description: New York: Basic Books 2014. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xv. 256 pages; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index. Contents; Introduction: New York Knickerbocker -- Prologue: June 18. 1910. Homecoming -- 'This Little Rocky Island': New York at Roosevelt's Birth -- 'It's Roosevelt from New York': Roosevelt At Harvard -- 'The Dirtiest City in the Universe' 1881: A Year in New York -- 'A Revolting State of Affairs' Roosevelt's Work in the New York Assembly -- 'Hero Land': Roosevelt's Trips West -- 'Into the Yawning Gulf': Roosevelt's 1886 Bid for Mayor -- 'With Fidelity and Integrity' -- Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner -- 'There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight': Roosevelt as Police Commissioner -- 'The Ritz Riders': Assistant Secretary of the Navy. War in Cuba. and Roosevelt's Path to Albany -- 'Governor of the Entire Party' Roosevelt. Thomas Platt. and the New York Governorship -- 'The Direct Antithesis of McKinley': The New York President. Summary; 'Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical 'cowboy' president -- a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West. But while the great outdoors certainly shaped Roosevelt's identity. historian Edward P. Kohn argues that it was his hometown of New York that made him the progressive president we celebrate today. During his early political career. Roosevelt took on local Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike. proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combated the city's rampant corruption. and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrants --experiences that would serve him well as president of the United States. A riveting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness. Heir to the Empire City reveals that Roosevelt's true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York. ' Subjects; Roosevelt. Theodore 1858-1919. Politicians - New York (State) - Biography. Presidents - United States - Biography. New York (N.Y.) - History - 1865-1898. New York (N.Y.) - Biography. American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Political leaders & leadership; Biography & autobiography: historical. political & military. USA; c 1800 to c 1900; Southeastern & South Atlantic states. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC. DE. MD. NJ. NY. PA). HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. Weight in Kg appr.:

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