His Father's Son : The Life of General Ted Roosevelt, Jr

Ted Roosevelt Jr. is not as well known as his father, President Theodore Roosevelt, or his cousins Franklin and Eleanor, but he lived through a fascinating slice of the early 20th century. His life story intersects with many different facets of that world, including his time in college leather-helmet football, his work in the publishing industry among giants of the New York entertainment scene, trips to Asia to hunt for specimens for museums, and being caught up in the Teapot Dome scandal during a political career that once looked like it was headed to the White House. Roosevelt's life was one that was always in connection with his family. He traveled with Kermit. He engaged in a decades-long rivalry with Franklin with the aid of his sister Alice. But first and foremost this is a soldier's story—Roosevelt was among the first Americans into action in both world wars. Brady's (A Death in San Pietro: The Untold Story of Ernie Pyle, John Huston, and the Fight for Purple Heart Valley) writing is smooth and entertaining. When combined with the extremely competent reading of Paul Boehmer, the time flies.