The Old Lion - Jeff Shaara
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Jeff Shaara once again demonstrates why he is a best selling author in this account of the life of Theodore Roosevelt. Although identified as fiction due to the use of dialog and the technique of viewing events from Roosevelt’s POV, it is well researched and based in fact. The reader is privvy to a comprehensive view of Roosevelt, his many interests and accomplishments, along with his tenacious personality.
Shaara is a great story teller; there is considerable information to share and it is covered at a good pace. There is so much to Roosevelt’s life besides the political. The reader sees his interest in wild life, cattle ranching in the Badlands, leading the Rough Riders in Cuba in the Spanish American War, exploring a tributary of the Amazon in Brazil. Most notable are the realistic depictions of the west of the late 1800s and the rough and tumble political machinations in the late 1800s-early 1900s. I loved how Shaara captured the rhythm of Roosevelt’s bombastic character, speech and actions.
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