Just as essential to Theodore Roosevelt's accession to the Presidency as his charge up San Juan Hill was his election as Governor of New York four months later. A defeat would have seriously set back and perhaps even destroyed his chances to gain the White House. Yet, until A Rough Ride to Albany, no book has devoted itself primarily to that hard-fought uphill campaign, which he barely won only after a series of energetic "whistle stop" tours, and in which he displayed for the first time a unique power to stir audiences ...
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Just as essential to Theodore Roosevelt's accession to the Presidency as his charge up San Juan Hill was his election as Governor of New York four months later. A defeat would have seriously set back and perhaps even destroyed his chances to gain the White House. Yet, until A Rough Ride to Albany, no book has devoted itself primarily to that hard-fought uphill campaign, which he barely won only after a series of energetic "whistle stop" tours, and in which he displayed for the first time a unique power to stir audiences that has rarely been seen in American politics. The book also describes how Roosevelt had to balance his commitment to reform with the positions of New York's Republican leadership, which did not share many of his priorities. It thus provides lessons that are just as relevant today as they were more than one hundred years ago. Although Roosevelt is the book's dominating character, its pages are also filled with other absorbing personalities. Among them are silky Republican "Easy Boss" Thomas Collier Platt, who disliked Roosevelt but for the party's good was forced to back him for Governor; passionate political reformer John Jay Chapman, who accused Roosevelt of backing out on his word by refusing to run as an independent after being assured the Republican nomination; Elihu Root, whose lawyer's skill saved Roosevelt's candidacy when his opponents discovered he had failed to pay his New York taxes; and Richard Croker, the arrogant Democratic boss whose failure to back a sitting judge for refusing to appoint a Tammany Hall functionary to a court clerkship created such public revulsion that Roosevelt was able to capitalize on the incident to turn a likely defeat into victory. A Rough Ride to Albany is must reading for anyone who is fascinated by the career of Theodore Roosevelt or by the details of a dramatic political campaign that helped set the course of Twentieth Century American history.
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New in New jacket. New York: Fordham University Press (2000). First edition. First printing. Hardcover. New/New. A clean, tight copy. Smoke-free shop. Defect-free. SALE.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very nice clean copy. tightly bound. clean covers. previous owner sticker on front end page. pages clean and unmarked. dust jacket is very nice with no chips or tears. 310 pages.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Fordham Univ Pr, 2000. Clean, crisp and unmarked. 1st printing hardcover in a jacket. Full red cloth binding. Map endpapers. 310pp. In a very nice jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
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Fine in fine jacket. Fine fresh apparently unused copy in fine, price clipped dust jacket. Hardcover. First printing/edition. 310 pages, with bibliography and index. Illustrations, including political cartoons. Theodore Roosevelt has served in the New York State Assembly, became New York City Police Commissioner in 1895, Assistant Secretary of The Navy at the outbreak of the Spanish American War, and led the charge up San Juan Hill in 1998. Upon his return from the war, the republican party threw their support behind him and he was elected Governor of New York. This is the first work to fully explore that part of TR's career, the hard-fought, uphill campaign that included "whistle-stop" tours that displayed for the first time an extraordinary power to srit audiences.
