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Book Review of Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

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This is the best biography I have read of Theodore Roosevelt. It covers from his birth to about age 26 years old. It also covers his first marriage to the beautiful and vivacious Alice Hathaway Lee which is often glossed over.They were married for 4 years and she died in giving birth to their daughter Alice. When Theodore was 20 his wonderful father
died. At 24 years old, on February 14, 1884, his wife Alice and his mother died on the same day. It speaks of the close relationship of his family with Franklin Roosevelts Family. This is a great book.I rate it 10+++++.