For decades after his death, Roosevelt was regarded as a hyperactive New York swell more than as a serious statesman. diplomacy, and deriding "malefactors of great wealth." Even now, he continues to enamor chroniclers and opinion-makers - next week, Time magazine devotes a comprehensive special issue to TR and his legacy. Theodore Roosevelt was in many ways the Central Casting version of the modern president: grinning, pounding the podium, making the "big stick" the basis of U.S. He had Karl Rove as a student in 1998, when Rove was seeking to complete his undergraduate degree with a paper on Teddy Roosevelt and the election of 1896 - an experience that later prompted Rove to make the case for George W. Gould also has authored a political appreciation of TR in The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, as well as A Grand Old Party: A History of the Republicans. Lewis Gould, an emeritus professor of history from the University of Texas, is the author most recently of The Most Exclusive Club: A History of the Modern United States Senate.
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