The Lions Pride, Edward Renehan
The Lions Pride, Edward Renehan
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The Lion's Pride
Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War

Author: Edward Renehan

Narrator: John McDonough

Unabridged: 11 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/25/2000

Synopsis

Family memoirs and previously unpublished material provide the backdrop for this poignant portrait of a man whose heroic idealism inspired a nation. Edward Renehan’s graceful prose allows listeners a close-up look at an entire family of larger-than-life heroes. Theodore Roosevelt taught his sons that wealth and influence were inextricably bound with a duty to defend democracy to the death. His own exemplary conduct in the Spanish-American War helped win the war for the United States. Later, as the world watched the “Great War” escalate in Europe, Roosevelt’s four sons competed with one another to be the first at the front lines. The pride of watching his sons live up to his high expectations was bittersweet: his youngest was killed in action, and two were seriously wounded. Informative and insightful, this family saga reveals the powerful bond between a devoted father and his children. John McDonough’s impeccable narration exposes the complexity of the Rough Rider who espoused the warrior way of life but sorely regretted the tragedy his ideals visited upon his sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on December 07, 2011

I enjoyed this book because Theodore Roosevelt is such a dynamic character. I expected from the title that his children would be the star of it, but, true to TR's form, he dominated the book's small stage. What his relationships with his children showed about HIM tends to be at the center of the aut......more

Goodreads review by Eric on May 10, 2023

This book was surprisingly interesting. It's great for history buffs, TR enthusiasts, but also just plain good material for fathers. There is insight both for the eras these figures lived in but also the written interaction among people who lived then.......more

Goodreads review by Josh on February 20, 2021

I really enjoyed this book - the last chapters especially were deeply moving. A critic can find much to fault with the Roosevelt family, some of it justified; but there is something affecting about the four sons of a former president all serving their country in front line combat. And Ted Jr. and Ar......more

Goodreads review by Frank on June 06, 2022

An interesting snapshot of Roosevelt' life and of his children. Some very sad and short.......more

Goodreads review by Nick on March 25, 2012

If you're a TR fan, you'll definitely be keenly interested in this book. It brings you into incidents in TR's later life (and those of his kids) seldom heard of in TR canon. All of his kids seem to become heroes, forming a powerful American dynasty which evidently quietly continues into the present—......more

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