Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child...

Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as "a masterpiece" (John A. Gable, Newsday), it is the winner of the Los Angeles Times 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author of Truman, this is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and almost fatal asthma attacks, and his struggle to manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household in which he was raised.

The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. The mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and a celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, TR's first love. All are brought to life to make "a beautifully told story, filled with fresh detail", wrote The New York Times Book Review.

A book to be read on many levels, it is at once an enthralling story, a brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship which does away with several old myths and breaks entirely new ground. It is a book about life intensely lived, about family love and loyalty, about grief and courage, about "blessed" mornings on horseback beneath the wide blue skies of the Badlands. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-29-2009; Another superb McCullough; What needs to be said about David McCullough? This was the last of his books which I had not read. Having read Edmund Morris' two fine works on Theodore Roosevelt, I couldn't imagine what else there was to say. How wrong I was!...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-24-2009; Less Would Have Been More; I love David McCullough and think he is a national treasure. "Truman" is my favorite biography of all time, I loved Mr McCullough's narration of "The Civil War," and he is from Pittsburgh to boot. I liked "Mornings on Horseback" a lot....; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-11-2009; Teddy; It is refreshing to read the story of someone's life and not have it end with their death. Reading about Teddy's asthma and how he managed to rise above the condition offers hope to other young asthma sufferers and the story is a "good...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-28-2009; What can you say but another GREAT book by McCullough!!; I run out of superlatives to express how I feel about Dave McCullough and his work. I am an avid reader of histories and biographies, and I am here to tell you NONE are better than McCullough. His book on the early life of Teddy...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-29-2009; Another superb McCullough; What needs to be said about David McCullough? This was the last of his books which I had not read. Having read Edmund Morris' two fine works on Theodore Roosevelt, I couldn't imagine what else there was to say. How wrong I was!...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-05-2008; Not McCullough's Best; David McCullough's "Mornings on Horseback" is a biography of Theodore Roosevelt's early life, tracing his family background and telling the story of his youth until the time of his second marriage at age twenty-eight. The book's...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-18-2009; A cure for insomnia; I couldn't finish this book though I tried many times. It read like a documentary full of boring facts and details rather than the gushing reviews I saw when I chose it. I skipped over many chapters but gave up about 2/3 of the way...; read full review | report as inappropriate