Renehan's work is a fact-laden detailed account of Theodore Roosevelt's life and the life of his children. Renehan has written biographies before, on John Burroughs and the men who conspired with John Brown, and it is no wonder that he continues to write about fascinating people. Because he's good at it. Rather than being chronological in nature, he shifts from this moment in time to that, making it crystallize in the mind. Boys grow to men.
Men become older.
Some cherish the courage and pride that wells within them. Some get injured in battle. And all these lives become fleshed out. Filled with the voices of the entire Roosevelt family, through letters and speeches and memories, a fabric has been created. This fabric is an American family, as powerful and thought-provoking as the Kennedys today.