Mornings on Horseback
by David McCullough
Theodore Roosevelt's youth: the asthmatic boy, the father who made him, the double death of wife and mother on one day, and the Badlands years that remade him. The best book on how a sickly child becomes a force.
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you want to see how resilience is built in a life.
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you want the presidency; it ends before.
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Three things you will actually use
- Make your body; then make your life.
- Grief can be worked through, literally.
- A father's attention compounds.
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Read the chapters on the Badlands.
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How a sickly boy became a force.
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