{"product_id":"edith-kermit-roosevelt-portrait-of-a-first-lady-paperback","title":"Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSylvia Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on the 100th anniversary of Theodore and Edith Roosevelt becoming president and first lady, this engrossing biography is \"marvelously full-blooded, engagingly written\".--\"Newsweek\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdith Kermit Carow grew up in New York City in the same circles as did Theodore Roosevelt. But only after TR's first wife died at age twenty-two did the childhood friends forge one of the most successful romantic and political partnerships in American history. Sylvia Jukes Morris's access to previously unpublished letters and diaries brings to full life her portrait of the Roosevelts and their times. During her years as First Lady (1901-09), Edith Kermit Roosevelt dazzled social and political Washington as hostess, confidante, and mother of six, leading her husband to remark, \"Mrs. Roosevelt comes a good deal nearer my ideal than I do myself.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Jukes Morris\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eRage for Fame: The Ascent of Clare Boothe Luce.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives with her husband, Edmund Morris, in New York City and Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 8 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773830791456,"sku":"9780375757686","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8a398335c48e8b541b74936daacdab13_d801f13f-1e74-4b78-997b-f52330aa9ef4.webp?v=1780433855","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/edith-kermit-roosevelt-portrait-of-a-first-lady-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}