Founders #156 · · 9 books

Theodore Roosevelt

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The book this episode covers

  1. Mornings on Horseback

    David McCullough · Reading rank 189 · in 3 other episodes

    David calls the book fantastic even though it wasn't the full-life biography he expected.

    Dedicated episode · Explicit praise · Founder theme

Books David recommends along the way

  1. The Wright Brothers

    David McCullough · Reading rank 15 · in 12 other episodes

    David says The Wright Brothers is one of his favorite books and praises its concision and storytelling.

    Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise

  2. On Asthma

    Henry Hyde Salter · Reading rank 434

    David says Salter's On Asthma supplied an exercise-and-action creed that Theodore and his father adopted and that shaped Roosevelt's life.

    Founder theme

Also mentioned

  1. Invent and Wander

    Jeff Bezos · Reading rank 18 · in 23 other episodes

    Cross-episode reference

  2. Pulitzer

    James McGrath Morris · Reading rank 74 · in 4 other episodes

  3. The Hour of Fate

    Susan Berfield · Reading rank 122 · in 7 other episodes

    Cross-episode reference

  4. The House of Morgan

    Ron Chernow · Reading rank 185 · in 8 other episodes

    Cross-episode reference

  5. Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee

    Stan Lee and George Mair · Reading rank 302 · in 1 other episode

    Cross-episode reference

  6. Reluctant Genius

    Charlotte Gray · Reading rank 333 · in 2 other episodes

    David explicitly calls Reluctant Genius a fabulous book while identifying it by title in an Alexander Graham Bell anecdote.

    Explicit praise

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