When Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White House
by Patricia O'Toole
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Author: Patricia O'TooleEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 2005-03-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 512
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Book Review: You will respond WHEN TRUMPETS CALL
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been in a recent reading funk lately. Starting books and not finishing them so one thing can be said of Patricia O'Toole's book is that it held my interest till the end. In fact it was the last section entitled Precipice that was the most poignant. Unlike the all time great book RIVER OF DOUBT by Candice Millard, which is a five star page turner of a read about Roosevelt life threatening river journey in Brazil, O'Toole's book focuses more on the political than personal or adventurous side of Teddy. For example the River of Doubt expedition takes up only 10 pages in O'Toole's book. So the big picture narrative of O'Toole makes for great companion book for RIVER OF DOUBT readers where she paints a portrait of a political man dealing with his inability to accept his loss of power. I came a way with the clear impression that Teddy Roosevelt was one of the founding members of the modern progressive movement that is now the bases of the modern Democratic Party. The issues and values ring as true today as they did 90 years ago. Roosevelt must have been an outsized personality who filled a room with his presence and ambition. Unique, strong, with the understanding to see what ruin corporate capitalism can lead to if unregulated. And all the while he was an unapologetic imperialist. The book is a fascinating charmer as I imagine the real life Teddy was. I think you will respond favorably WHEN TRUMPETS CALL.
Summary of When Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White House
Chronicles of the post-presidential years of America's chief executives aren't generally scintillating reads. With a few exceptions--Jimmy Carter and Herbert Hoover come to mind--the period after presidents vacate the White House tends to be abbreviated, idle, and a little sad. Patricia O'Toole's absorbing account of Theodore Roosevelt's final decade carries some of this pathos, but she also vividly captures the spark and sometimes reckless vigor of the most vibrant of presidents. Possessed of an irrepressible self-confidence and insatiable appetite for power, Roosevelt made an unconvincing show of stepping out of the spotlight when he declined to seek reelection in 1909, bequeathing the presidency to loyal foot soldier William Howard Taft. Over the course of Taft's one rather lackluster term, Roosevelt embarked on an extended African safari (where the trailblazing conservationist slaughtered hundreds of animals), but upon his return he became embroiled in a battle with Taft for the heart of the Republican Party. When he lost that struggle, he turned to the budding Progressive Party. Under their banner, Roosevelt bested Taft in the 1912 election, but Woodrow Wilson, of course, beat them both. Roosevelt's bursting-at-the-seams life has been thoroughly chronicled, but O'Toole wisely focuses on a period when the never-retiring giant of American politics was wounded (both figuratively and literally--he was shot while campaigning and insisted on giving a speech before going to a hospital), but wouldn't, or couldn't, give up the fight. --Steven StolderBook Subjects
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