The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

The Rise of Theodore RooseveltWritten by: Edmund Morris

Holy crap Theodore Roosevelt is a total badass. He started as a sickly child, but decided instead he would be awesome and made it happen. Great stories like when he was District Attorney and his way for getting rid of the stupid Blue Laws in New York was to prosecute the heck out of all the bars until the general public rose up to get the laws repealed. He just kept fighting and doing big things because that’s what manly men should do, and then he went hiking and someone shot McKinley and he became president.

Length: 9 hrs

10/2002: Totally motivated me to work harder for the duration of the book.