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- 2019-09-05
- ISBN
- 9781635766127
- EAN
- 9781635766127
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Strenuous Life : Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Diversion Publishing Corp.
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation, History
- Topic
- Baseball / History, United States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, History
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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Featuring an amazing cast of historical figures, this is the story of how President Theodore Roosevelt led an American sports and fitness revolution. Give up exercise, Theodore Roosevelt was told by a doctor while attending Harvard, or you might die of a heart attack! This after being plagued by crippling asthma, myopic eyesight, and other ailments as a child. Roosevelt's body was his weakness, the one hill he could never conquer. But, oh, how he tried! In vivid detail, The Strenuous Life shows how Roosevelt developed an obsession with athletics, carried it to the nation's highest office, and championed a new age of American athleticism. As President, Roosevelt boxed, practiced Ju-Jitsu, played tennis, conducted harrowing "point-to-point" walks, and invited athletes to the White House. He also made certain that each of his children played sports. Not surprisingly, Roosevelt's personal quest had broad reverberations. During his administration, America saw an unprecedented rise in sports and recreational activities. With Roosevelt in office, baseball's first ever World Series took place, interscholastic sports began, and schools placed a legitimate emphasis on physical education. Additionally, the NCAA formed, and the United States hosted the Olympics for the first time. Yes, the "Bull Moose," as he'd come to be known, resided squarely in the midst of this upheaval. Filled with amazing anecdotes, a who's who of American political and sports figures from the early 20th century, and Rooseveltian gusto and humor, this book is the play-by-play and color commentary on Roosevelt's "Strenuous Life."
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Diversion Publishing Corp.
ISBN-10
1635766125
ISBN-13
9781635766127
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18038501436
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Book Title
Strenuous Life : Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, United States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, History
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation, History
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
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" The Strenuous Life is essential reading for anyone who cares about the history of sports in America. In luminous prose, Ryan Swanson shows how, as athlete and president, Teddy Roosevelt shaped the contests we play, watch, and to which we are gloriously addicted." --Michael Kazin, author of War against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 "It seemed as if Theodore Roosevelt's biographers had closed the book on his life story. But Ryan Swanson has uncovered an untold chapter in Roosevelt's life. His work reveals how Teddy Roosevelt, the forefather of the 'Strenuous Life,' became America's first sports president, shaping the country's obsessions with sports at a pivotal moment in American history." --Johnny Smith, author of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcom X, "There can hardly be a better companion for a romp through American history than TR, and Ryan Swanson's The Strenuous Life captures the great man in all his vividness. Through the sheer force of his personality, Roosevelt changed the way Americans take their leisure--and their sports--and ushered in the age of mass participation in athletics. Swanson takes this facet of Roosevelt's legacy and makes a compelling case that this is the way in which he most powerfully shaped us as a people. This is important stuff--and fun to boot." --Jeremy Schaap, ESPN Journalist and New York Times bestselling author "A contemporary described Theodore Roosevelt, America's most peripatetic president, as 'pure act.' He prefigured modern America, including its passion for competitive sports. Ryan Swanson shows how the person who turned himself from a sickly youth into a robust man saw athletics as means of making a muscular nation." --George F. Will "Do Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney, Mike Krzyzewski, and John Calipari realize that when they cash one of those hefty paychecks they should be thanking the 26th President of the United States? For, thanks to Ryan Swanson, we know that college sports as we know it owes a huge debt of gratitude to Theodore Roosevelt, surely the most obsessively strenuously fit man ever to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and someone who believed firmly that sport and competition maketh the man. No fiction writer could concoct a more amazingly complex presidential character than Teddy Roosevelt, and Ryan Swanson captures him in all his bombastic genius. Perhaps the most important tidbit unearthed by Ryan Swanson: be aware that if summoned by Teddy Roosevelt to 'take a walk,' leave the dress shoes and good outfit at home. It is not going to be a Harry Truman 'constitutional.'" --Bob Ryan, Boston Globe and ESPN, winner of the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing "So Teddy Roosevelt, President of the United States, invites a few of his advisers for a little five-mile walk along the Potomac River. There's an assistant secretary of state, a major general in the U.S. Army, the French ambassador, and 'a couple other guys.' They ditch the secret service, climb a few ragged stretches of rock, take off their clothes, swim naked in the river's swirling and dangerous waters, return damp and dirty to the White House and resume work and Teddy didn't even worry about how his hair looked.... Read this joyous book about the birth of Roosevelt's 'strenuous life' and sport in America. This is great fun. Teddy got everything rolling." --Leigh Montville, New York Times bestselling author of Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero and The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth " The Strenuous Life is essential reading for anyone who cares about the history of sports in America. In luminous prose, Ryan Swanson shows how, as athlete and president, Teddy Roosevelt shaped the contests we play, watch, and to which we are gloriously addicted." --Michael Kazin, author of War against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 "It seemed as if Theodore Roosevelt's biographers had closed the book on his life story. But Ryan Swanson has uncovered an untold chapter in Roosevelt's life. His work reveals how Teddy Roosevelt, the forefather of the 'Strenuous Life,' became America's first sports president, shaping the country's obsessions with sports at a pivotal moment in American history." --Johnny Smith, author of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcom X, " The Strenuous Life is essential reading for anyone who cares about the history of sports in America. In luminous prose, Ryan Swanson shows how, as athlete and president, Teddy Roosevelt shaped the contests we play, watch, and to which we are gloriously addicted." --Michael Kazin, author of War against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 "It seemed as if Theodore Roosevelt's biographers had closed the book on his life story. But Ryan Swanson has uncovered an untold chapter in Roosevelt's life. His work reveals how Teddy Roosevelt, the forefather of the 'Strenuous Life,' became America's first sports president, shaping the country's obsessions with sports at a pivotal moment in American history." --John A Smith, author of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcom X, "A contemporary described Theodore Roosevelt, America's most peripatetic president, as 'pure act.' He prefigured modern America, including its passion for competitive sports. Ryan Swanson shows how the person who turned himself from a sickly youth into a robust man saw athletics as means of making a muscular nation." --George F. Will "So Teddy Roosevelt, President of the United States, invites a few of his advisers for a little five-mile walk along the Potomac River. There's an assistant secretary of state, a major general in the U.S. Army, the French ambassador, and 'a couple other guys.' They ditch the secret service, climb a few ragged stretches of rock, take off their clothes, swim naked in the river's swirling and dangerous waters, return damp and dirty to the White House and resume work and Teddy didn't even worry about how his hair looked.... Read this joyous book about the birth of Roosevelt's 'strenuous life' and sport in America. This is great fun. Teddy got everything rolling." --Leigh Montville, New York Times bestselling author of Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero and The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth The Strenuous Life is essential reading for anyone who cares about the history of sports in America. In luminous prose, Ryan Swanson shows how, as athlete and president, Teddy Roosevelt shaped the contests we play, watch, and to which we are gloriously addicted." --Michael Kazin, author of War against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 "It seemed as if Theodore Roosevelt's biographers had closed the book on his life story. But Ryan Swanson has uncovered an untold chapter in Roosevelt's life. His work reveals how Teddy Roosevelt, the forefather of the 'Strenuous Life,' became America's first sports president, shaping the country's obsessions with sports at a pivotal moment in American history." --Johnny Smith, author of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcom X, "There can hardly be a better companion for a romp through American history than TR, and Ryan Swanson''s The Strenuous Life captures the great man in all his vividness. Through the sheer force of his personality, Roosevelt changed the way Americans take their leisure--and their sports--and ushered in the age of mass participation in athletics. Swanson takes this facet of Roosevelt''s legacy and makes a compelling case that this is the way in which he most powerfully shaped us as a people. This is important stuff--and fun to boot." --Jeremy Schaap, ESPN Journalist and New York Times bestselling author "A contemporary described Theodore Roosevelt, America''s most peripatetic president, as ''pure act.'' He prefigured modern America, including its passion for competitive sports. Ryan Swanson shows how the person who turned himself from a sickly youth into a robust man saw athletics as means of making a muscular nation." --George F. Will "Do Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney, Mike Krzyzewski, and John Calipari realize that when they cash one of those hefty paychecks they should be thanking the 26th President of the United States? For, thanks to Ryan Swanson, we know that college sports as we know it owes a huge debt of gratitude to Theodore Roosevelt, surely the most obsessively strenuously fit man ever to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and someone who believed firmly that sport and competition maketh the man. No fiction writer could concoct a more amazingly complex presidential character than Teddy Roosevelt, and Ryan Swanson captures him in all his bombastic genius. Perhaps the most important tidbit unearthed by Ryan Swanson: be aware that if summoned by Teddy Roosevelt to ''take a walk,'' leave the dress shoes and good outfit at home. It is not going to be a Harry Truman ''constitutional.''" --Bob Ryan, Boston Globe and ESPN, winner of the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing "A fascinating account of president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1918) and his influence on sports in America.... Sports fans and history buffs alike will enjoy this focused portrait." -- Publishers Weekly "So Teddy Roosevelt, President of the United States, invites a few of his advisers for a little five-mile walk along the Potomac River. There''s an assistant secretary of state, a major general in the U.S. Army, the French ambassador, and ''a couple other guys.'' They ditch the secret service, climb a few ragged stretches of rock, take off their clothes, swim naked in the river''s swirling and dangerous waters, return damp and dirty to the White House and resume work and Teddy didn''t even worry about how his hair looked.... Read this joyous book about the birth of Roosevelt''s ''strenuous life'' and sport in America. This is great fun. Teddy got everything rolling." --Leigh Montville, New York Times bestselling author of Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero and The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth " The Strenuous Life is essential reading for anyone who cares about the history of sports in America. In luminous prose, Ryan Swanson shows how, as athlete and president, Teddy Roosevelt shaped the contests we play, watch, and to which we are gloriously addicted." --Michael Kazin, author of War against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 "It seemed as if Theodore Roosevelt''s biographers had closed the book on his life story. But Ryan Swanson has uncovered an untold chapter in Roosevelt''s life. His work reveals how Teddy Roosevelt, the forefather of the ''Strenuous Life,'' became America''s first sports president, shaping the country''s obsessions with sports at a pivotal moment in American history." --Johnny Smith, author of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcom X "Offers a window into the sporting culture that influenced Roosevelt''s life and vice versa...This work adds intriguing depth to Roosevelt histories. Highly recommended."-- Library Journal, "There can hardly be a better companion for a romp through American history than TR, and Ryan Swanson's The Strenuous Life captures the great man in all his vividness. Through the sheer force of his personality, Roosevelt changed the way Americans take their leisure--and their sports--and ushered in the age of mass participation in athletics. Swanson takes this facet of Roosevelt's legacy and makes a compelling case that this is the way in which he most powerfully shaped us as a people. This is important stuff--and fun to boot." --Jeremy Schaap, ESPN Journalist and New York Times bestselling author "A contemporary described Theodore Roosevelt, America's most peripatetic president, as 'pure act.' He prefigured modern America, including its passion for competitive sports. Ryan Swanson shows how the person who turned himself from a sickly youth into a robust man saw athletics as means of making a muscular nation." --George F. Will "Do Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney, Mike Krzyzewski, and John Calipari realize that when they cash one of those hefty paychecks they should be thanking the 26th President of the United States? For, thanks to Ryan Swanson, we know that college sports as we know it owes a huge debt of gratitude to Theodore Roosevelt, surely the most obsessively strenuously fit man ever to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and someone who believed firmly that sport and competition maketh the man. No fiction writer could concoct a more amazingly complex presidential character than Teddy Roosevelt, and Ryan Swanson captures him in all his bombastic genius. Perhaps the most important tidbit unearthed by Ryan Swanson: be aware that if summoned by Teddy Roosevelt to 'take a walk,' leave the dress shoes and good outfit at home. It is not going to be a Harry Truman 'constitutional.'" --Bob Ryan, Boston Globe and ESPN, winner of the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing "A fascinating account of president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1918) and his influence on sports in America.... Sports fans and history buffs alike will enjoy this focused portrait." -- Publishers Weekly "So Teddy Roosevelt, President of the United States, invites a few of his advisers for a little five-mile walk along the Potomac River. There's an assistant secretary of state, a major general in the U.S. Army, the French ambassador, and 'a couple other guys.' They ditch the secret service, climb a few ragged stretches of rock, take off their clothes, swim naked in the river's swirling and dangerous waters, return damp and dirty to the White House and resume work and Teddy didn't even worry about how his hair looked.... Read this joyous book about the birth of Roosevelt's 'strenuous life' and sport in America. This is great fun. Teddy got everything rolling." --Leigh Montville, New York Times bestselling author of Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero and The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth " The Strenuous Life is essential reading for anyone who cares about the history of sports in America. In luminous prose, Ryan Swanson shows how, as athlete and president, Teddy Roosevelt shaped the contests we play, watch, and to which we are gloriously addicted." --Michael Kazin, author of War against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 "It seemed as if Theodore Roosevelt's biographers had closed the book on his life story. But Ryan Swanson has uncovered an untold chapter in Roosevelt's life. His work reveals how Teddy Roosevelt, the forefather of the 'Strenuous Life,' became America's first sports president, shaping the country's obsessions with sports at a pivotal moment in American history." --Johnny Smith, author of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcom X, "A contemporary described Theodore Roosevelt, America's most peripatetic president, as 'pure act.' He prefigured modern America, including its passion for competitive sports. Ryan Swanson shows how the person who turned himself from a sickly youth into a robust man saw athletics as means of making a muscular nation." . --George F. Will " The Strenuous Life is essential reading for anyone who cares about the history of sports in America. In luminous prose, Ryan Swanson shows how, as athlete and president, Teddy Roosevelt shaped the contests we play, watch, and to which we are gloriously addicted." --Michael Kazin, author of War against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918 "It seemed as if Theodore Roosevelt's biographers had closed the book on his life story. But Ryan Swanson has uncovered an untold chapter in Roosevelt's life. His work reveals how Teddy Roosevelt, the forefather of the 'Strenuous Life,' became America's first sports president, shaping the country's obsessions with sports at a pivotal moment in American history." --Johnny Smith, author of Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcom X
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