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New York State Assemblyman, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, NEW YORK Police Commissioner, Governor of New York, Vice President and, at forty-two, the youngest President ever-in his own words, Theodore Roosevelt “rose just like a rocket.” He was also a cowboy, a soldier, a historian, an intrepid explorer, and an unsurpassed environmentalist-all in all, possibly the most accomplished Chief Executive in our nation's history. In Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt, historian Aida Donald masterfully chronicles the life span of this first modern president. TR's accomplishments in office were immense. As President, Roosevelt redesigned the office of Chief Executive and the workings of the Republican Party to meet up with the challenges of the new commercial economy. Believing that the emerging aristocracy of wealth represented an authentic threat to democracy, TR broke trusts to curb the rapacity of big business. He improved monetary and social conditions for the common American. Roosevelt built the Panama Canal and engaged the country in world affairs, putting a non permanent end to American isolationism. And he won the Nobel Peace Prize-the only sitting president extremely honored. Throughout his public career, TR fought valiantly to steer the GOP back again to its noblest ideals as embodied by Abraham Lincoln. Alas, his hopes for his party were quashed by the GOP's strong rightward submit the years after he left office. But his vision for America lives on. In lapidary prose, this concise biography recounts the courageous life of one of the greatest leaders our nation has ever known.