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 : T E Lawrence
Performed By : Jim Norton
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 3 hours 50 minutes
Classic Literature Autobiography 20th Century World Biographical
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Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. More...
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Written By : Dr. Jack Sommer
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 3 hours
Ancient Biographical World
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Among the greatest natural historians was Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), who influenced Goethe, Darwin, and America's leading naturalists. Humboldt's Cosmos, published in five volumes from 184... More...
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Written By : Peter Robinson
Performed By : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Harper Collins US
Length : 6 hours
TV & Film Royalty and Heads of State Politics American Biographical
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An account of one man's profound respect and affection for a president who changed his life. More...
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Written By : Benjamin Franklin
Performed By : Grover Gardner
Publisher : In Audio
Length : 5 hours 59 minutes
Autobiography Royalty and Heads of State American Biographical Pre 1900
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The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman and diplomat and one of the founding fathers of America. More...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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