Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
by Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt on his sickly childhood, the Badlands, police commissioner, Cuba, the presidency. Self-serving in places and vivid throughout; the chapter on building his body is famous.
Read it if…
you want TR's own account of making himself.
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Skip it if…
you want a balanced life; see Edmund Morris.
Try instead: D-Day: June 6, 1944 →
Three things you will actually use
- Make your body.
- Act with vigor.
- Do what you can with what you have.
Do this first
Read the chapter on his boyhood and the gym.
Our verdict
TR, by TR.
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