Magnificinet...a sweeping narrative of the outward mind and a shrewd examination of his character...It is one of those rare works that is both definitive for the period it covers and fascinating to read for sheer entertainment. There should be a queue awaiting the next volume. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt is the story of seven men-a naturalist, a writer, a lover, a hunter, a ranchman, a soldier, and a politician-who merged at age forty-two to become the youngest President in history. Twenty-one years ago, this classic biography (the first volume of a planned triology; the second volume, Theodore Rex, is available in paperback from the Modern Library) won both the Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award, and since then it has nver been out of print.