In one of his most accomplished, compelling novels yet, acclaimed New
York Times bestseller Jeff Shaara accomplishes what only the finest
historical fiction can do - he brings to life one of the most
consequential figures in U.S. history - Theodore Roosevelt - peeling
back the many-layered history of the man, and the country he
personified.
From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, from the
waning days of the rugged frontier of a young country to the emergence
of a modern, industrial nation exerting its power on the world stage,
Theodore Roosevelt embodied both the myth and reality of the country he
loved and led.
From his upbringing in the rarefied air of New York society of the late
19th century to his time in rough-and-tumble world of the Badlands in
the Dakotas, from his rise from political obscurity to Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, from national hero as the leader of the Rough
Riders in the Spanish-American War to his accidental rise to the
Presidency itself, Roosevelt embodied the complex, often contradictory,
image of America itself.
In gripping prose, Shaara tells the story of the man who both defined
and created the modern United States.
**"**Shaara deftly weaves a growing intensity that explodes on the
pages." - Bookreporter.com on To Wake the Giant."
