Thirty years ago, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. A collector’s item in its original edition, it has never been out of print as a paperback. This classic book is now reissued in hardcover, along with Theodore Rex, to coincide with the publication of Colonel Roosevelt, the third and concluding volume of Edmund Morris’s definitive trilogy on the life of the twenty-sixth President.

Although Theodore Rex fully recounts TR’s years in the White House (1901–1909), The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt begins with a brilliant Prologue describing the President at the apex of his international prestige. That was on New Year’s Day, 1907, when TR, who had just won the Nobel Peace Prize, threw open the doors of the White House to the American people and shook 8,150 hands, more than any man before him. Morris re-creates the reception with such authentic detail that the reader gets almost as vivid an impression of TR as those who attended. One visitor remarked afterward, “You go to the White House, you shake hands with Roosevelt and hear him talk—and then you go home to wring the personality out of your clothes.”

The rest of this book tells the story of TR’s irresistible rise to power. (He himself compared his trajectory to that of a rocket.) It is, in effect, the biography of seven men—a naturalist, a writer, a lover, a hunter, a ranchman, a soldier, and a politician—who merged at age forty-two to become the youngest President in our history. Rarely has any public figure exercised such a charismatic hold on the popular imagination. Edith Wharton likened TR’s vitality to radium. H. G. Wells said that he was  “a very symbol of the creative will in man.” Walter Lippmann characterized him simply as our only “lovable” chief executive.

During the years 1858–1901, Theodore Roosevelt, the son of a wealthy Yankee father and a plantation-bred southern belle, transformed himself from a frail, asthmatic boy into a full-blooded man. Fresh out of Harvard, he simultaneously published a distinguished work of naval history and became the fist-swinging leader of a Republican insurgency in the New York State Assembly. He had a youthful romance as lyrical—and tragic—as any in Victorian fiction. He chased thieves across the Badlands of North Dakota with a copy of Anna Karenina in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other. Married to his childhood sweetheart in 1886, he became the country squire of Sagamore Hill on Long Island, a flamboyant civil service reformer in Washington, D.C., and a night-stalking police commissioner in New York City. As assistant secretary of the navy under President McKinley, he almost single-handedly brought about the Spanish-American War. After leading “Roosevelt’s Rough Riders” in the famous charge up San Juan Hill, Cuba, he returned home a military hero, and was rewarded with the governorship of New York. In what he called his “spare hours” he fathered six children and wrote fourteen books. By 1901, the man Senator Mark Hanna called “that damned cowboy” was vice president of the United States. Seven months later, an assassin’s bullet gave TR the national leadership he had always craved.

His is a story so prodigal in its variety, so surprising in its turns of fate, that previous biographers have treated it as a series of haphazard episodes. This book, the only full study of TR’s pre-presidential years, shows that he was an inevitable chief executive, and recognized as such in his early teens. His apparently random adventures were precipitated and linked by various aspects of his character, not least an overwhelming will. “It was as if he were subconsciously aware that he was a man of many selves,” the author writes, “and set about developing each one in turn, knowing that one day he would be President of all the people.”
 
 

Author: Edmund Morris
Hardcover: 960 pages Deckle Edge
Company: Random House (2010-11-23) (2010-11-23)
ISBN: 1400069653
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Explore Deadwood with Tourist Town GuidesR. This independent book will help you plan the perfect vacation to this historic town in the heart of South Dakota's Black Hills, with information about:. the best attractions and casinos. the Deadwood Historic District. where to shop, dine and sleepStroll the streets where Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane once lived, and where Hickok allegedly played his "dead man's hand." Travel prepared-Tourist Town GuidesR helps you make the best decisions on how to spend your time in Deadwood.

Author: Jay Kirschenmann
Paperback: 168 pages
Company: Channel Lake, Inc. (2011-04-01)
ISBN: 1935455222
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The Black Hills of South Dakota captures the spirit of the American frontier. Once gold-mining territory, today the Black Hills offers striking natural beauty, abundant wildlife and many exciting attractions. In this independent guide, learn about attractions in the Black Hills, dining and shopping in the cities, and touring the Badlands' expansive, odd landscape. From the iconic Mount Rushmore to the incomparable Wall Drug, use this guide to discover what the Black Hills and Badlands have to offer.

Author: Jay Kirschenmann
Paperback: 178 pages
Company: Channel Lake, Inc. (2009-04-01)
ISBN: 0979204313
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The final atlas in the series of 16. 72 pages include 24 maps in Minnesota plus insets, 19 in North Dakota, and 18 in South Dakota. Also included: Appendix of railroad names/symbols; Index of placenames.

Author: Steam Powered
Paperback: 88 pages
Company: Steam Powered Video Publications (2005-01-01)
ISBN: 1874745188
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During the early years of the 20th century, American families witnessed amazing changes in their daily lives--the arrival of plumbing and electricity in their homes, the first automobiles, and thanks to the Eastman Kodak Company, the first affordable, portable, photographic instrument, the box camera. Many families purchased the box camera (for $1) and began to document their own histories. It is upon these histories that North Dakota places its focus.

Nowhere were the changes so dramatic as on the Great Plains, and in the state of North Dakota especially. Due to the huge influx of immigrants, mostly from Scandinavia, the state's population more than doubled from 1900 to 1940, roughly the period covered in North Dakota. But this was also a time of

hardship and struggle, as the Great Depression, the

Dustbowl, and war took their toll on North Dakota

families. But through hard work and perseverence, most of these families survived, and thrived, and now

share with us the story of that time.

Author: Larry Aasen
Paperback: 128 pages
Company: Arcadia Publishing (2000-09-02) (2000-09-02)
ISBN: 0738507636
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A one-of-a-kind, fully-illustrated debut novel about one rest- less and curious young man’s summer spent in a small North Dakota town—a meditation on a time in life when you don’t so much unfold the map as start to draw it. 

As  written  and  painted  by  Jonathan  Twingley,  this beautifully illustrated semi-autobiographical novel is a paean to the America that Jack Kerouac explored and  Joseph  Mitchell  and  Walt  Whitman  celebrated.  Set  in a small town nestled in the badlands of North Dakota, this coming-of-age novel paints a loving portrait of oddball characters, the down-and-out, the ordinary, the outcasts, and the oft-ignored.

 

Jonny is a dreamer, content wherever he is, as long as he has his sketchpad, paints, and paintbrushes. After a year in New York City attending art school, he escapes to the wide-open oasis of North Dakota. Jonny’s home-away-from-home is The Badlands Saloon, the local watering hole. There, he meets Willie Beck, the hyperactive elderly man who doesn’t seem to talk so much as explode into speech; Jimmy Threepence, who likes to sing old English songs at the top of his lungs; Boochie, a convicted murderer; and Lacy, a Native American woman who is an intoxicating free spirit. Though Jonny spends his nights in the Saloon, he spends his days riding his bike through the local hills and sketching the tourists.

Featuring eye-catching full-color illustrations that bring to life the novel’s landscape and characters, The Badlands Saloon is a unique American novel.

Author: Jonathan Twingley
Hardcover: 224 pages
Company: Scribner (2009-07-14) (2009-07-14)
ISBN: 1416587063
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Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, culture and people of the state of North Dakota

Author: Robin Landew Silverman
Paperback: 80 pages
Company: Children's Press(CT) (2009-03)
ISBN: 0531211401
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Only in the Midwest is civic pride measured by the size of a town’s roadside sculpture. Much-loved monuments and larger-than-life replicas add character to their surroundings, intriguing and amusing visitors as they pass through town. Midwest Marvels is not your typical guidebook. Regional travel expert Eric Dregni takes the reader on a slightly off-center tour of the bizarre—and the beautiful—across Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin, and directs road-trippers to the one-of-a-kind oddities that cause drivers to turn off the interstate in awe. Intricate architecture and historical monuments often reveal the soul of a city, but in Audubon, Iowa, visitors find a thirty-foot, forty-five-ton talking bull erected as a monument to the beef industry. In Minnesota a tourist can view monuments to Paul Bunyan or visit the Spam Museum, and North Dakota boasts a forty-five-foot tower of discarded oil cans, trumped only by the world’s tallest structure: a TV tower jutting nearly a half mile into the sky. Everyone is familiar with South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore and Corn Palace, but less famous is the unique Outhouse Museum. Of course, only in Wisconsin can a couple get married in the mouth of a 145-foot muskie. Readers will appreciate the countless hours Dregni has spent searching for the biggest, the smallest, the oddest, the most mysterious, and the most outrageous tourist attractions. Complete with detailed descriptions, driving directions, and numerous photographs, Midwest Marvels is a must-have for everyone from armchair travelers to seasoned road warriors planning a trip through the heart of the country. Born in the shadow of the World’s Largest Six-Pack in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Eric Dregni is a freelance writer for the Rake and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He is the author of several books, including Minnesota Marvels: Roadside Attractions in the Land of Lakes (Minnesota, 2001), The Scooter Bible, Ads That Put America on Wheels, and, most recently, Let’s Go Bowling! He lives in Minneapolis.

Author: Eric Dregni Dregni
Paperback: 364 pages
Company: Univ Of Minnesota Press (2006-05-21)
ISBN: 0816642907
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An introduction to the geography, history, economy, people, environmental issues, and interesting sites of North Dakota.

Author: Joan Marie Verba
Library Binding: 84 pages
Company: Lerner Pub Group (L) (2002-06)
ISBN: 0822540975
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Explore the Black Hills of South Dakota with Tourist Town GuidesR. Revised and updated, use this guide to discover the striking natural beauty, abundant wildlife and many attractions that the Hills have to offer, including:. the best area attractions. top dining and shopping choices. the Badlands' unique landscapeFrom the iconic Mount Rushmore to the historic Mammoth Site, use this guide to discover the best of what the Black Hills has to offer.

Author: Jay Kirschenmann
Paperback: 216 pages
Company: Channel Lake, Inc. (2011-04-01)
ISBN: 1935455109
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The first choice of outdoors enthusiasts. Beautiful, detailed, large-format maps of every state
Perfect for home and office reference, and a must for all your vehicles
Gazetteer information may include: campgrounds, attractions, historic sites & museums, recreation areas, trails, freshwater fishing site & boat launches, canoe trips or scenic drives. Categories vary by state

Author: De Lorme Mapping Company
Paperback: 64 pages Manufactured to the Highest Quality Available., With True Enhanced Performance., Latest Technical Development.
Company: DeLorme Publishing (2001-06-01)
ISBN: 0899333435
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National Geographic produced fifteen maps for the Close-up USA map set. These maps would definitely be of interest to people traveling throughout the United States on vacations. The maps cover fifteen different regions of the USA and are filled with notes and illustrations covering the history, geography and points of interest for the traveler to each region.

#4 Close-up USA: The North Central States Side A: This is a beautiful informative map of North/South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri. It has lots of notes on national and state parks, festivals, events and historical points of interest of this region. Side B: This side highlights the diverse landmarks and landscapes to be found in the region. It has an introduction to the region along with travel articles on each state.

Author: National Geographic Society
Map: Folded MapNorth South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Iowa Missouri map
Company: National Geographic Society (1998-07)
ISBN: 1572624191
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The durable and convenient EasyFinderTM of North and South Dakota will take all the wear and tear your journey can dish out. The laminated design allows you to mark your route, make notes, then wipe the surface clean for further use.

This map features enhanced cartography with: Clearly indicated highways, County Boundaries, Streets, Points of Interest and National Parks.

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Company: Rand McNally & Company (2006-06)
ISBN: 0528863827
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Highlights the USA's national parks, scenic routes, the vast wilderness, world-class cities, top museums and galleries. Regional chapters cover the culture, history and sights in-depth. A practical section on visiting the USA helps you plan your trip in advance, giving tips on travel, customs, laws and what to expect while the USA.

Author: DK Publishing, Mark Wutka
Turtleback: 800 pages
Company: DK Travel (2004-02)
ISBN: 0789493241
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Paperback: Folded Map
Company: Rand Mcnally (1999-08)
ISBN: 0528974211
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"Exploring the Black Hills and Badlands" features trips for hikers, skiers, mountain bike riders and equestrians. This fully revised edition has been expanded to include every hiking trail in the region, offering more than 800 miles of trails and off-trail routes to explore. The guide features all new, up-to-date USGS topographical maps, including nearly a dozen new to this edition. Another new addition is a section focusing on family hikes and other information useful to family groups.

What is unchanged is the wealth of interesting history, tips on multi-use activities, and keen insights into the region’s natural and geologic features that have made "Exploring the Black Hills and Badlands" the most useful and valuable year-round guide to this stunningly beautiful and vastly popular region.

Author: Hiram Rogers
Paperback: 206 pages
Company: Johnson Books (1999-04)
ISBN: 1555662404
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How do you navigate a state without a Rand McNally map? A must-have for all who drive, the Rand McNally North and South Dakota State folded map offers a full-color map that shows: Interstate, U.S., state and county highways, parks, points of interest, airports, county boundaries and streets. Detailed indices help travelers locate destinations.

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Company: Rand McNally & Company (2006-06)
ISBN: 0528863835
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This two-sided map includes both the north and south units of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, as well as the Magpie and Elkhorn section of the Little Missouri Grassland -- providing continuous coverage from north to south. In the North Unit of the park, the map includes the Maah Daah Hey Trail, Little Mo Nature Trail, Caprock Coulee Nature Trail, Buckhorn Trail, Achenbach Trail, and Juniper camping area. The Maah Daah Hey Trail then winds south through the Little Missouri National Grassland, meeting Bennett Trail, then passes into Magpie, then Elkhorn, then into the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Map features in the South Unit include Ridgeline Nature Trail, Coal Vein Nature Trail, Buck Hill Trail, Wind Canyo Trail, Jones Creek Trail, Paddock Creek Trail, Talkington Trail, and the Petrified Forest. Also included in this portion of the map is Buffalo Gap Trail, Roundup Horse Camp, Cottonwood, Painted Canyon, Sully Creek State Park, and the town of Medora. Includes UTM tick marks for use with your GPS unit.

Author: Collectif
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Company: Natl Geographic Society (2002-12)
ISBN: 1566951399
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Author: Rand McNally
Paperback: 1 pages Folded Map
Company: Rand Mcnally (1995-01)
ISBN: 0528969722
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The first choice of outdoors enthusiasts. Beautiful, detailed, large-format maps of every state. Perfect for home and office reference, and a must for all your vehicles. Gazetteer information may include: campgrounds, attractions, historic sites & museums, recreation areas, trails, freshwater fishing site & boat launches, canoe trips or scenic drives. Categories vary by state

Map: 72 pages See Description
Company: DeLorme Publishing (2001-01-01) (2004-01-01)
ISBN: 0899333303
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NORTH DAKOTA- A GUIDE TO THE NORTHERN PRAIRIE STATE Written by Workers of the Federal Writers 3 Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota. Originlly published in 1938 . PREFACE: North Dakota a Guide to the Northern Prairie State is some thing new in this part of the country. For the first time North Dakotans and their guests have a concise but comprehensive survey of the State, which tells them what should be seen, and why, and how. Our aim has been a book not only to be used in touring the State, but to be enjoyed by fireside travellers and all who would deepen their understanding of North Dakota. As one of the volumes in the American Guide Series, written by the members of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration, the North Dakota guide has more than State significance, wide as this is. The National project was de signed primarily to give useful employment to needy writers and research workers it has developed into a more ambitious under taking. The American Guide Series, covering the forty-eight States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and numerous cities and towns, is unrolling a unique and inspiring panorama of these United States with their lively background and their vibrant present. The North Dakota guide adds its contribution to the whole, giving the reader a pic ture of the State, its land and resources, its history, people, the cities and towns they have built, and the principal points of interest. New chapters in North Dakotas story and other phases of its life and works are still to be told. This volume a pioneer enter prise in a State where the records of the past and the varied life of today had not heretofore been assembled may well serve as an incentive and a foundation for further books. Not ten or fifty or a hundred, but actually hundreds of North Dakotans helped in the making of the guide, from the many who contributed information about their own communities or fields of work down to the handful of editors and writers who brought that information within the covers of this book. In expressing the Projects appreciation of this friendly and cooperative help, so generously given, I wish particularly to thank Mr. Russell Reid, superintendent of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, and his staff, especially Mrs. Florence H. Davis and Mr. Arnold Goplen Mr. George Will and Mr. Robert A. Ritterbush, of Bismarck Dr. Irvin Lavine, of the University of North Dakota Mr. E. A. Milli gan, of Michigan City Mr. J. A. Patterson, of Minot Dr. E. C. Stucke, of Garrison and Mr. Henry Williams, of Appaxn.

Author: Various
Hardcover: 432 pages
Company: Hesperides Press (2008-11-04)
ISBN: 1443726354
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From Minnesota's boundary waters to the badlands of the Dakotas, here is detailed travel information and beautiful color photography of some of the natural treasures of America's national parks and smaller reserves. From plant and animal life to sites of geological significance, this guide offers a breathtaking, up-close look at this region's natural wonders.

Author: Lansing Shepard
Paperback: 304 pages
Company: Random House (1996-11-05) (1996-11-05)
ISBN: 0679764771
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Author: Federal Writers Project
Paperback: 472 pages
Company: Minnesota Historical Society Press (2006-05-01)
ISBN: 0873515528
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This guidebook supplies all the information you need to plan a hunting expedition. Each section of the state has plenty of maps, graphs, tips, and techniques; which species are present, populations, where to hunt, as well as when and how to get there. Species covered are pheasants, prairie chickens, sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge, mourning doves, turkeys, and an expanded section on waterfowl.

Author: Chuck Johnson
Paperback: 258 pages
Company: Wilderness Adventures Press (2009-07-31)
ISBN: 1932098704
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Historical Marker Series Volume 6.
This book shows you all the HISTORICAL MARKERS in the state of NORTH DAKOTA. In this edition you will find a total of 13 Historical markers. Each Marker is described with its location, GPS coordinates, and the exact inscription. The markers are sort by the name of the location. With one click you are able to jump from the content to the markers of your choice, and back to the content to search for other markers.
Because it is an E-Book and you always have your reading device with you, it is specialized for this kind of reader, who wants to have some Information on hand in a short way or get some entertainment while traveling


Author: Jack Young
Kindle Edition: 14 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Bluepalm Publishing (2011-09-08) (2011-09-08)
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Often overlooked as outdoors destinations, the 10 states of the upper Mississippi/Missouri/Ohio River valleys encompass 103 national wildlife refuges, 64 of them in North Dakota alone. This guidebook profiles 43 of the region's refuges, which take in glacial lakes, sandhills, swift rivers, deep bays, and open prairies that shelter an astonishing diversity of plant and animal species, including gray wolves, falcons, rattlesnakes, and voles--as well as hundreds of bird species. Naturalist-writers John Grassy and Tom Powers offer remarks on the refuges' histories, the animals and plants they harbor, and the ongoing struggle to expand and maintain the national refuge system in a time when so much of the region is being developed (with, for example, prairie wetland being drained and filled at an unprecedented rate as once-quiet Midwestern cities and towns grow ever larger). Anyone who has been entranced by the Niobrara River or the call of a loon will want to follow the authors' suggestions on where to go and what to see. --Gregory McNamee

Author: Tom Powers, John Grassy
Paperback: 288 pages
Company: St. Martin's Griffin (2000-04-22)
ISBN: 0312243154
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Author: State Historical Society Of North Dakota
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Company: N Y: Oxford University Press, 1950 (1950)
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Author: Federal Writers Project
Hardcover: 352 pages
Company: Scholarly Pr (1972-06)
ISBN: 0403021839
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A marvelous memento, teaching aid, and particularly useful resource, A Visitor's Guide to the North Dakota Capitol Grounds is packed with photographs and information about the beautiful buildings and monuments found on the capitol mall and the great variety of stones used to create them.

Geologist Robert F. Biek leads visitors on a walking tour of a veritable geological museum, all the while weaving information about geologic, economic, architectural and artistic history. For example, Biek points out the miniscule fossils of marine animals from 350 million years ago now imbedded in the Salem Limestone used throughout the grounds.

Author: Robert F. Biek
Paperback: 61 pages
Company: State Historical Society of North Dakota (1995-03-03) (1995-03-03)
ISBN: 1891419137
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Author: Chuck Johnson, Jason Smith
Paperback: 260 pages
Company: Wilderness Adventures Press (1997-07)
ISBN: 1885106238
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