The Book Prize Index

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

Biography of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, detailing his life from birth (1858) to his ascendancy to the Presidency (1901). This is the first book in Edmund Morris's trilogy on Roosevelt (followed by *Theodore Rex* and *Colonel Roosevelt*). It won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Bibliography or Autobiography and the 1980 National Book Award in Biography.

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Award History

2 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for Biography HardcoverMajor1980WinnerSecondary source
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor1980WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Theodore Roosevelt95%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • the United States60%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    45 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.