白宫的狮子：西奥多·罗斯福的一生

纽约州议员、海军助理部长、纽约市警察局长、纽约州州长、副总统，42岁时，西奥多·罗斯福是有史以来最年轻的总统，用他自己的话来说，他“像火箭一样崛起”他还是一名牛仔、一名士兵、一名历史学家、一名无畏的探险家，以及一名无以伦比的环保主义者，也许是我国历史上最有成就的首席执行官。
在《白宫的狮子：西奥多·罗斯福的一生》一书中，历史学家艾达·唐纳德巧妙地记录了这位第一位现代总统的一生。TR在任期间取得了巨大成就。作为总统，罗斯福重新设计了首席执行官办公室和共和党的运作，以应对新工业经济的挑战。TR认为新兴的财富贵族代表着对民主的真正威胁，因此打破了遏制大企业掠夺的信托。他改善了普通美国人的经济和社会条件。罗斯福修建了巴拿马运河，让这个国家参与世界事务，暂时结束了美国的孤立主义。他还获得了诺贝尔和平奖，是唯一一位获得如此殊荣的在任总统。
在他的整个公共事业生涯中，TR勇敢地引导共和党回到亚伯拉罕·林肯所体现的最崇高的理想。唉，在他离任后的几年里，共和党的强烈右转让他对自己政党的希望破灭了。但他对美国的愿景依然存在。这本简明的传记以宝石般的散文叙述了我们国家有史以来最伟大的领导人之一勇敢的一生。
Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt
New York State Assemblyman, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, New York City Police Commissioner, Governor of New York, Vice President and, at forty-two, the youngest President ever-in his own words, Theodore Roosevelt “rose like a rocket.” He was also a cowboy, a soldier, a historian, an intrepid explorer, and an unsurpassed environmentalist-all in all, perhaps the most accomplished Chief Executive in our nation’s history.
In Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt, historian Aida Donald masterfully chronicles the life of this first modern president. TR’s accomplishments in office were immense. As President, Roosevelt redesigned the office of Chief Executive and the workings of the Republican Party to meet the challenges of the new industrial economy. Believing that the emerging aristocracy of wealth represented a genuine threat to democracy, TR broke trusts to curb the rapacity of big business. He improved economic and social conditions for the average American. Roosevelt built the Panama Canal and engaged the country in world affairs, putting a temporary end to American isolationism. And he won the Nobel Peace Prize-the only sitting president ever so honored.
Throughout his public career, TR fought valiantly to steer the GOP back to its noblest ideals as embodied by Abraham Lincoln. Alas, his hopes for his party were quashed by the GOP’s strong rightward turn in the years after he left office. But his vision for America lives on. In lapidary prose, this concise biography recounts the courageous life of one of the greatest leaders our nation has ever known.

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