From the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of John Adams.
Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as a masterpiece by Newsday, it is the story of a remarkable little boy - seriously handicapped by recurrent and nearly fatal attacks of asthma - and his struggle to manhood.
His father - the first Theodore Roosevelt, "Greatheart, " - is a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. His mother - Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt - is a Southerner and celebrated beauty.
Mornings on Horseback spans seventeen years - from 1869 when little "Teedie" is ten, to 1886 when he returns from the West a "real life cowboy)'" to pick up the pieces of a shattered life and begin anew, a grown man, whole in body and spirit.
This is a tale about family love and family loyalty... about courtship, childbirth and death, fathers and sons... about gutter politics and the tumultuous Republican Convention of 1884... about grizzly bears, grief and courage, and "blessed" mornings on horseback at Oyster Bay or beneath the limitless skies of the Badlands.
Written By - Ronald Reagan
Performed By : Ronald Reagan
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 5 hours 30 minutes
Categories : American
20th Century
Biographical
Royalty and Heads of State
Politics
Price : $32.00 $16.95
One man, more than any other, has helped define the most important issues of our time. His name is Ronald Reagan—one of our nation's most powerful and popular Presidents. More info... |
Written By - Anthony Swofford
Performed By : Anthony Swofford
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 8 hours
Categories : Military
Autobiography
Military
Biographical
American
Price : $29.95 $21.95
New York Times bestselling author Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers. More info... |
Written By - Professor John T. Sanders
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Biographical
World
Ancient
Pre 1900
20th Century
Price : $12.95
In 1905, Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity, followed by the General Theory of Relativity in 1916. He firmly established (1) the idea that all judgement about motion is a ma... More info... |
Written By - Jack Arnold
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient
Biographical
World
Self Help
Price : $12.95
Astronomy is perhaps the oldest science. The ancients saw cosmic meanings in the stars, and they organized their lives around lunar and solar cycles (i.e. the month and year). They also observed th... More info... |
Written By - General Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell
Performed By : General Tommy Franks
Publisher : Harper Collins US
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : American
Biographical
Military
Price : $29.95 $25.95
General Franks retraces his journey from a small-town boyhood through a lifetime of military service -- including his heroic tour as an Artillery officer in Vietnam, where he was wounded three times. More info... |
