Frank Carlson Library

A look at the public and private life of Theodore Roosevelt, America's 26th President. Interweaves rare archival footage of Roosevelt in a reenactment of his life and the political and historical events of the period.

Uses a variety of contemporary materials to describe and illustrate the political and personal lives of United States presidents from Rutherford Hayes to Grover Cleveland.

"Offers 12 different views on post-Civil War America. Each page explores what happened during Reconstruction and how it affected different people, and includes interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images."--Provided by publisher.

"In this great American story, acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley, which loses out to the brilliant and flamboyant Theodore Roosevelt who succeeded him after his assassination. He portrays McKinley as a chief executive of consequence whose low place in the presidential rankings does not reflect his enduring accomplishments and the stamp he put on the country's future role in the world"-- "Lively,...

"During Reconstruction Northerners attempted to remake the United States in their own image. They would make incarnate the new world Republicans imagined at the end of the Civil War. That new world seemed possible because the Republican Party controlled the Union in 1865 as fully as any political party would ever control the country. Reconstruction would produce a nation built around free labor with a homogeneous citizenry whose rights would be guaranteed...