This should have been a rollickingly good read. Teddy Roosevelt was after all best known for leading the charge of the Rough Riders on San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the President who coined the phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick". Morris's biography doesn't quite do justice to his subject's energy and gusto. Too much detail spoils the pace of his writing. Barbara Tuchman would have done it better.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 60 Spring 2011 ) |
