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President Theodore Roosevelt had a passion for reading books, and he did not keep this passion to himself. He often wrote about his experiences as a reader and collector of books. He wrote scholarly essays about literature and literary history. He often wrote book reviews for such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, The Bookman, The Outlook, and The New York Times Review of Books. Roosevelt's writings about books are worth reading for their own sake, for in these pieces he provided critical insights into influential books. His writings about books, however, are also important because they show how Roosevelt responded to the books that he read. Roosevelt's reading influenced his thinking on the many topics that interested him, so these writings provide researchers with a better understanding of the role that books played in the formation of his ideas, attitudes, and political positions. Theodore Roosevelt on Books and Reading brings together for the first time Roosevelt's writings about his experiences as a reader, his scholarly essays about literature and literary history, and his exuberant reviews of some of the books that he especially liked. A sister volume to Mark I. West's Theodore Roosevelt and His Library at Sagamore Hill, this new volume features Roosevelt's own responses to many of the books in his personal library. All of the selections in this volume reflect Roosevelt's passion for reading. These selections will resonate with anyone who shares Roosevelt's love of books.

Presidents --- Books and reading --- Books --- Roosevelt, Theodore --- Books and reading.

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"Taming the Street tells the epic story of the FDR's battle to regulate Wall Street for the very first time in the wake of the Crash of 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression. Deeply reported and vividly told, it provides a trip back to a time when the power of concentrated wealth in America arguably exceeded that of the federal government. Roosevelt's campaign to curb the excesses of the market, end reckless speculation, and mitigate the disastrous boom-and-bust cycle is one of the great untold dramas in American history, and as it unfolded, its outcome was far from clear. Henriques has written this book for two main reasons: First, because it's a vital history that needs to be preserved and properly told; and as importantly, because the battle lines that were drawn in that time are the very same battle lines that define our politics today. Taming the Street is a book rooted in the drama of the 1930s, but as inequality in America has again reached Jazz Age levels, one of Henriques' many ambitions for the book is to bring to life a time when the system worked in the public interest. An idealistic time when we knew what had to be done, and summoned the will to do it, against the power of an American oligarchy"--

Stock Market Crash, 1929. --- Depressions --- New Deal, 1933-1939. --- Roosevelt, Franklin D. --- New York Stock Exchange --- History. --- United States --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions

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The 1940s was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the 20th century. In this collection of incisive essays, Reynolds explores some of the major themes, events and personalities of this pivotal decade.

World politics. --- World War, 1939-1945. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- World politics --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- Diplomatic history --- Diplomatic history. --- Great Britain --- United States --- Foreign relations --- Historiography --- 1945-1955 --- 1933-1945 --- 1945-1953 --- 1936-1945 --- 1945-1964 --- Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) --- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945) --- Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) --- Relations internationales --- Guerre froide --- Grande-Bretagne --- États-Unis --- Et la Grande-Bretagne --- Et les États-Unis --- 1939-1945 --- Et l'Allemagne --- Et l'Italie --- Histoire diplomatique --- Relations extérieures