Theodore Roosevelt

<p><em>Theodore Roosevelt</em> explores the personal and political life of the 26th President of the United States. It considers among other things his manliness a gendered framework of traits for the Gilded Age and Progressive Period guiding him and other men in business politics and war and shows how the development of these traits transformed Roosevelt’s personal and political decisions.</p><p>The work covers a storied personal life and emphasizes mental and physical challenges from depression asthma partial blindness and attempted assassination. Cogan addresses the political transformation from traditional to Square Deal Republican to Bull Moose Progressive. The text also reviews initiatives dismissing corrupt officials closing saloons and arresting pimps; busting monopolies and bettering workplaces and consumer products; and conserving wildlife and natural resources. Contrary to popular conception Roosevelt’s manliness was <i>not</i> macho masculinity. Rather it was an evolving framework of traits including courage service and Christian morality. </p><p>Supported by a series of intriguing primary source documents this book is essential reading for understanding Roosevelt his era and his manliness. It is an accessible tool for students studying and instructors teaching courses on the Gilded Age and Progressive Period in American history.</p>