Bibliography of Theodore Roosevelt

For another (parallel) version, see Theodore Roosevelt bibliography.

This bibliography of Theodore Roosevelt is a list of published works about Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States.

Full biographies

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• Chessman, G Wallace (1965), Governor Theodore Roosevelt: The Albany Apprenticeship, 1898–1900
• Cooper, John Milton (1983), The Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt (dual scholarly biography), ISBN 978-0-674-94751-1.
• Dalton, Kathleen (2002), Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life (full scholarly biography), ISBN 0-679-76733-9.
• Gould, Lewis L (2012), Theodore Roosevelt, 105 pp, very short biography by leading scholar.
• Harbaugh, William Henry (1963), The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt (full scholarly biography).
• Miller, Nathan (1992), Theodore Roosevelt: A Life, William Morrow & Co.
• Morris, Edmund (1979), The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, 1. To 1901; Pulitzer prize for Volume 1.
• Morris, Edmund (2001), Theodore Rex, 2. To 1909
• Morris, Edmund (2010), Colonel Roosevelt, 3.
• Pringle, Henry F (1956) [1932], Theodore Roosevelt (full scholarly biography) (2nd ed.).
• Putnam, Carleton (1958), Theodore Roosevelt (biography), I: The Formative Years, only volume published, to age 28.
• Samuels, Peggy (1997), Teddy Roosevelt at San Juan: The Making of a President, Texas A&M UP.
• Thayer, William Roscoe (1919), Theodore Roosevelt: an intimate biography, Houghton Mifflin.

Personality and activities

• Bishop, Joseph Bucklin (2007), Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children, Wildside Press, ISBN 978-1-434-48394-2.
• DiSilvestro, Roger (2011), Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands: A Young Politician's Quest in the American West, Walker & Co, ISBN 978-0-8027-1721-4, archived from the original on March 26, 2011.
• Provides a lesson plan on TR as the historical figure who most exemplifies the quality of masculinity.
• Gluck, Sherwin (1999), TR's Summer White House, Oyster Bay. Chronicles the events of TR's presidency during the summers of his two terms.
• Greenberg, David (2011), "Beyond the Bully Pulpit", Wilson Quarterly, 35 (3): 22–29. The president's use of publicity, rhetoric and force of personality.
• Millard, Candice (2005), The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey; his deadly 1913–14 trip to the Amazon.
• McCullough, David (1981), Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt, Simon & Schuster, best seller; to 1886.
• ——— (2001) [1981], Mornings on Horseback, The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt (popular biography), to 1884.
• O'Toole, Patricia (2005), When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-684-86477-0. 494 pp.

• Renehan, Edward J (1998), The Lion's Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War, Oxford University Press, examines TR and his family during the World War I period.
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• Thompson, J Lee (2010), Theodore Roosevelt Abroad: Nature, Empire, and the Journey of an American President, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-230-10277-4, 240 pp. TR in Africa & Europe, 1909–10
• Vietze, Andrew (2010), Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How a Maine Guide Inspired America's 26th President, Down East Books, ISBN 978-0892727841 208 pp. A look at TR's formative years.
• Watts, Sarah (2003), Rough Rider in the White House: Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of Desire. 289 pp.
• Yarbrough, Jean M (2012), Theodore Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition, University Press of Kansas, 337 pp; TR's political thought and its significance for republican self-government.

Domestic policies

• Brinkley, Douglas (2009). The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America. New York: HarperCollins.online review; another online review
• Cutright, P.R. (1985) Theodore Roosevelt: The making of a Modern Conservationist (U of Illinois Press.)
• Dorsey, Leroy G (1997), "The Frontier Myth and Teddy Roosevelt's Fight for Conservation", in Gerster, Patrick; Cords, Nicholas, Myth America: A Historical Anthology, II, St. James, NY: Brandywine Press, ISBN 1-881089-97-5.
• Gould, Lewis L (2011), The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (2nd ed.), standard history of his domestic and foreign policy as president.
• Bakari, Mohamed El-Kamel. "Mapping the ‘Anthropocentric-ecocentric’Dualism in the History of American Presidency: The Good, the Bad, and the Ambivalent." Journal of Studies in Social Sciences 14, no. 2 (2016).
• Keller, Morton, ed. (1967), Theodore Roosevelt: A Profile (excerpts from TR and from historians).
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• Redekop, Benjamin. (2015). "Embodying the Story: The Conservation Leadership of Theodore Roosevelt". Leadership (2015) DOI:10.1177/1742715014546875 online
• Swanson, Ryan A (2011), "'I Never Was a Champion at Anything': Theodore Roosevelt's Complex and Contradictory Record as America's 'Sports President'", Journal of Sport History, 38 (3): 425–46.
• Zacks, Richard (2012), Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York.

Politics

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• Chace, James (2004), 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft, and Debs: The Election That Changed the Country, ISBN 978-0-7432-0394-4, 323 pp.
• Chambers, John W. (1974), Woodward, C. Vann, ed., Responses of the Presidents to Charges of Misconduct, New York, New York: Delacorte Press, pp. 207–237, ISBN 0-440-05923-2
• Gould, Lewis L (2008), Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics (by a leading scholar).
• Haverkamp, Michael (2001), "Rossevelt and Taft: How the Republican Vote Split in Ohio in 1912", Ohio History, 110 (1): 121–35, archived from the original on March 5, 2008.
• Kohn, Edward P (Spring 2006), "A Necessary Defeat: Theodore Roosevelt and the New York Mayoral Election of 1886", New York History, 87: 205–27.
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• Leuchtenberg, William E. (2015), The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, Oxford University Press
• Milkis, Sidney M (2009), Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party, and the Transformation of American Democracy, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. 361 pp.
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• ——— (1946), Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement. Focus on 1912
• ——— (1954), The Era of Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of Modern America, 1900–1912 (general survey of era).
• Powell, Jim (2006), Bully Boy: The Truth About Theodore Roosevelt's Legacy, Crown Forum, ISBN 0-307-23722-2. Attacks TR policies from conservative/libertarian perspective.
• Ruddy, Daniel (2016), Theodore the Great: Conservative Crusader, Washington D.C.: Regnery History, ISBN 978-1-62157-441-5

Foreign and military policies

• Beale, Howard K (1956), Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of America to World Power (standard history of his foreign policy).
• Hendrix, Henry J (2009), Theodore Roosevelt's Naval Diplomacy: The US Navy & the Birth of the American Century.
• Holmes, James R (2006), Theodore Roosevelt and World Order: Police Power in International Relations. 328 pp.
• Jones, Gregg (2012), Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream
• Marks III, Frederick W (1979), Velvet on Iron: The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt.
• McCullough, David (1977), The Path between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914.
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• Pietrusza, David (2018), TR's Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy (study of his final years, focusing on World War I and the 1916 election).
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• Tilchin, William N (1997), Theodore Roosevelt and the British Empire: A Study in Presidential Statecraft
• Tilchin, William N; Neu, Charles E, eds. (2006), Artists of Power: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Their Enduring Impact on US Foreign Policy, Praeger. 196 pp.

Historiography

• Dalton, Kathleen. "Changing interpretations of Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive era." in Christopher M. Nichols and Nancy C. Unger, eds A Companion to the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (2017): 296–307.
• Grantham, Dewey W., Jr. "Theodore Roosevelt in American Historical Writing, 1945–1960." Mid-America 43#1 (January 1961): 3–35.
• Ricard, Serge. "The State of Theodore Roosevelt Studies" H-Diplo Essay No. 116 24 October 2014 online
• Ricard, Serge, ed. (2011), A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt, excerpt and text search, 28 new essays by scholars; focus on historiography. online
• Tilchin, William, "The Rising Star of Theodore Roosevelt's Diplomacy: Major Studies from Beale to the Present." Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal 15#3 (Summer 1989):2–24.

Primary sources

• Kohn, Edward P., ed. A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877–1886 (State University of New York Press, 2015), 284 pp.
• Bishop, ed., Joseph Bucklin (1920), Theodore Roosevelt and His Time Shown in His Own Letters vol. 1CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link) ; vol 2
• Roosevelt, Theodore; Roosevelt, Kermit (1926), East of the Sun and West of the Moon, New York: Scribner
• Roosevelt, Theodore (1889), The Winning of the West, I, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• ——— (1910), African Game Trails, New York and London: Syndicate Publishers.
• ——— (1913), Autobiography, New York: Macmillan.
• ——— (1926), The Works (National ed.), 20 vol.; 18,000 pages containing most of TR's speeches, books and essays, but not his letters; a CD-ROM edition is available; some of TR's books are available online through Project Bartleby
• ——— (1941), Hart, Albert Bushnell; Ferleger, Herbert Ronald, eds., Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia, Roosevelt's opinions on many issues; online version at Theodore Roosevelt.
• ——— (1951–1954), Morison, Elting E; Blum, John Morton; Chandler, Alfred D jr, eds., The Letters (annotated ed.), 8 vols. Very large.
• ——— (1967), Harbaugh, William, ed., The Writings (one-volume selection of speeches and essays).
• ——— (1968), Roosevelt, Archibald, ed., Theodore Roosevelt on Race, Riots, Reds, Crime, Probe
• ——— (1999) [1913], An Autobiography, Bartleby.
• ——— (1999) [1882], The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans, New York: The Modern Library, ISBN 0-375-75419-9.
• ——— (2001), Brands, HW, ed., The Selected Letters
• ——— (2004), Auchincloss, Louis, ed., Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders and an Autobiography, Library of America, ISBN 978-1-931082-65-5.
• ——— (2004), Auchincloss, Louis, ed., Letters and Speeches, Library of America, ISBN 978-1-931082-66-2.
• ———. "Books and speeches". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
• ———, Original Handwritten and Typed Letters, Notes, and Documents, Shapell Manuscript Foundation.