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Perry D. Floyd reviews Gore Vidal’s historical novel Empire, and while he expresses frustration at Vidal’s “deceitful lapses” and struggle to maintain fidelity to the historical record, Floyd finds the portrait of Theodore Roosevelt drawn in the novel to be quite sympathetic. Floyd highlights some of the other historical figures that Vidal has written about, such as Abraham Lincoln, and he contends that Vidal as a novelist is often able to illuminate historical figures in ways that historians and biographers cannot.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1987
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Book review. [1987]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o307664. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Floyd, Perry D.. Book review. [1987]. Image.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o307664.
APA:
Floyd, Perry D.., [1987]. Book review.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o307664.
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. May 15, 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.
