The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
The book will not supplant the richly textured biographies written by David McCullough, Edmund Morris and Kathleen Dalton, though the author draws upon them, nor does it try to — it pursues a particular agenda, and with vigor ... But at the same time, his book brims with perceptive insights ... There are occasional misfires with the writing ... But O’Keefe has performed a most valuable service by reminding us how much Theodore Roosevelt, the most virile of presidents, owed to the brilliant women in his life.
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While it’s interesting to speculate what these extraordinary figures might have made of their lives in a world that accepted women playing a public role in politics, Mr. O’Keefe wisely doesn’t linger on this point. Instead of bemoaning the confines in which they labored, he celebrates their devotion, skills and accomplishments. In doing so, he leads us to a better understanding of an equally extraordinary man, Theodore Roosevelt.
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O’Keefe presents a perceptive and persuasive argument that adds a sensitive dimension to the masculine persona of Theodore Roosevelt as a man indebted to the women in his life.
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