100 Books Recommended by Theodore Roosevelt

Shakespeare's Macbeth is one of the greatest tragic dramas the world has known. Macbeth himself, a brave warrior, is fatally impelled by supernatural forces, by his proud wife, and by his own burgeoning ambition. As he embarks on his murderous course to gain and retain the crown of Scotland, we see the appalling emotional and psychological effects on both Lady Macbeth and himself. The cruel ironies of their destiny are conveyed in poetry of unsurpassed power. In the theatre, this tragedy remains perennially engrossing.

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

Aeschylus

Euripides V: Electra / The Phoenician Women / The Bacchae

Euripides

Euripides I: Alcestis / The Medea / The Heracleidae / Hippolytus

Euripides

The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

Owen Wister

The Fall of the Roman Republic

Plutarch

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He also served as the 25th vice president of the United States from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century. His face is depicted on Mount Rushmore, alongside those of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. In polls of historians and political scientists, Roosevelt is generally ranked as one of the five best presidents.

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