Book notes
Subject(s): Adams, Henry, 1838-1918, Addams, Jane, 1860-1935, Beale, Howard K. (Howard Kennedy), 1899-1959, Blum, John Morton, 1921-2011, Butt, Archibald Willingham, 1866-1912, Chartran, Théobald, 1849-1907, Colombia, Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931, Derby, Ethel Roosevelt, Diplomacy, Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926, History--Book reviews, Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944, Marks, Frederick W., Marroquín, José Manuel, 1827-1908, Morris, Edmund, Morris, Sylvia Jukes, Panama, Prescott, Peter S., Presidents' spouses--Biography, Presidents' spouses--Political activity, Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958, Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933, Roosevelt family, Roosevelt, Alice Lee, 1861-1884, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952, Venezuela, William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941
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John A. Gable begins the “Book Notes” column with a review of Sylvia Jukes Morris’s biography Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady. In doing so, he provides a shorter, but still complete examination of Roosevelt’s life, and highlights the research Morris did utilizing letters, Roosevelt’s diary, and interviews.
Three pictures of Edith Roosevelt are included in the review: one considered the favorite of her husband, Theodore Roosevelt; a drawing by John Singer Sargent; and a third of Edith Roosevelt with Lou Henry Hoover, the wife of Herbert Hoover.
In Gable’s following review of Frederick W. Mark’s Velvet on Iron: The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt, Gable places the work in the context of other studies of Roosevelt and argues that it represents a further step in an ongoing reappraisal of Roosevelt. He quotes extensively from Marks and from Edmund Morris’s review of the work.
A picture of Roosevelt at his desk at Sagamore Hill accompanies the review.
A listing of the officers and the members of the executive, finance, and Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace committees of the Theodore Roosevelt Association is included among the reviews.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1980
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
7
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
No permission is required from the Theodore Roosevelt Association to use items in the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal collection for educational purposes. For permissions, contact William Tilchin at (516) 921-6319 or by email at wnt@bu.edu.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Book notes. [1980]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o305975. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Gable, John A.. Book notes. [1980]. Image.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o305975.
APA:
Gable, John A.., [1980]. Book notes.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o305975.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.