Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography

I enjoyed this book immensely. Except for the parts I did not. Ha!Teddy R. wrote at length in detail on many aspects of his life. Some were fascinating to me, others not.I think this book should be read by all high school students. It helps the reader understand the political workings of the day and ask whether it has changed enough in the right direction.I took off one star because the font needs to be updated from old typewriter to something easier to read. Times New Roman, Ariel, Tahoma. Something. Please.

The poor rating has nothing to do with the autobiography itself or the autobiography's illustrious subject. TR's autobiography is a thick tome. I couldn't tell you how many pages, though, since this edition lacks pagination. Page numbering would seem to be one of the most basic features of any book, and this volume completely lacks it (so, of course, there is no index of any kind). This supposedly "annotated" volume contains some appendixes with additional information, but certainly no annotations in any meaningful or traditional sense.An annotated TR autobiography could have really been an interesting and useful tool for scholars and TR fans. Unfortunately, this misbegotten version does not fill that need. The lack of pagination and the consequent lack of any index essentially renders this volume worthless for those who would like to use it as a reference work on TR's life and times. Most unfortunate...

What a great book about Theodore Roosevelt. The writing is good and is worth adding to anyone's library.

First, let me say that Theodore Roosevelt is one of my favorite presidents. If, like me, you consider T.R. one of the greatest of our presidents and want to learn more about him, I recommend reading Edmund Morris' trilogy on him, especially "Theodore Rex". That being said, this autobiography is little more than T.R. justifying many of his decisions throughout his public life and presidency, while praising those who helped him and lambasting those who did not. While that may give you some insight into his character, for me I was lost in the minutiae. I am sure the autobiography provides reams of information for historians as raw data, but as an interesting read I found myself having to trudge through it.

Good book.

Its like have Teddy himselve talking to you telling his life story. You can learn a lot of great lessons and important facts about history.

I was really excited about getting this Audio CD as I purchase them often and love listening to them. However, this is a mp3 CD and I don't have anything that will play it. A waste of my money and effort.

i came away from this book slightly bewildered and amused. teddy roosevelt was a mans man but he was also very strange. he never mentioned one of his children by name but seemed rather fond of the time he spent with them. he never said a word about what his relationship with his wife was like other than she bore him many children. he was obsessed with defending himself from any criticism and went to great lengths to explain how impeccably honorable he was. there was also virtually no time line to the story. i never knew if he was young or old or whether he was talking about being a clerk or the president it was so random. very uneven accounts. very interesting then very boring and repetitive