Review 78: Mornings On Horseback (David McCullough)

An encouraging, riveting, well-written survey of Roosevelt's life. Was Theo Roosevelt the greatest man's man, the greatest president, the greatest natural leader, that post civil war America has ever produced? I think so. This is all more encouraging against the backdrop of his personal (sickliness, death of first wife) and political (he faced the NY political machine with bravado) challenges.