Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of American Leadership

De: Jon Knokey

Narrado por: Brian Holsopple

This is the story of perhaps the greatest leadership journey in American history.

President Theodore Roosevelt forever transformed America, ushering the country into the arena of world supremacy. His brand of leadership was entirely American: confident, compassionate, energetic, diverse, visionary. But Roosevelt was not a born leader; his ascent to the apex of power was not a foregone conclusion. He made himself a leader of consequence, and it is his epic journey to the White House - a road filled with terrific failures, intimate introspection, and self-made luck - that will inspire listeners anew. No author has combined his key biographical milestones - the lessons born from the contradictions of his life - with the surviving stories from those who followed and interacted with him in his various attempts to lead.

While a graduate student at Harvard, author Jon Knokey, a Roosevelt historian and business leader, unearthed hundreds of unpublished letters and interview notes from Roosevelt contemporaries. These long-forgotten documents provide a fresh and stunning ringside seat along the 26th president's journey to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The stories from Harvard chaps, idealistic political reformers from New York, coarse cowboys from the Badlands, and tough-as-rawhide Rough Riders from the nation's interior all combine to illuminate the maturation process of a man learning to lead at every stage of his life. The story of Theodore Roosevelt's life has been told before. The story of his leadership journey has not - until now.

Fast paced and written as a biographical narrative, Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of American Leadership places the listener alongside a young Roosevelt as he shapes events, people, and himself to forever change a country. He created an authentic style of American leadership - a style that has endured for over a century.

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Great read. New tidbits of information

This is a great book. I have read multiple books on TR and it has been hard lately to learn new information on him. This book has numerous bits of information that was previously unknown to me. The excitement of the author on the topic is palpable. Highly recommended this book.

Great listen

Loved it. Very well read. Teddy was the man and this book will light a fire in you.

great to listen

The narration is wonderful and vigorous like the man it is about. one and only Teddy Roosevelt.

Great insights

I enjoyed the look at TR's rise to leadership and how it changed America. There is good detail on his backstory and the things that made him who he was. The man is one of the greatest Presidents in the country's history and understanding the rise to the Oval Office and what made him who he was is insightful in the way that the country was developing after the Civil War, westward expansion, and into the 20th century. Worth your time.

Fantastic Read

Jon Knokey does an incredible job giving a detailed and accurate account of Roosevelt's life. His writing is authentic and I learned more about this great American leader than I could have imagined. I am anxious to listen to this book again, and even more excited and hope Knokey writes another book.