Teddy Roosevelt - An American Lion
A sickly, asthmatic child who became a world adventurer and renowned  politician, with jobs ranging from cowboy to Police Commissioner of New  York City to the 26th President of the United States, Teddy Roosevelt  contained almost literary contradictions: He was both a social reformer  who fought the abusive power of corporate monopolies and an advocate for  war who sought to extend American power across the globe. The History  Channel's enormous biographyTeddy Roosevelt: An American Lionfollows this prickly personality from such low points as the death of his  mother and first wife on the same day to his rapid political rise to his  tumultuous presidency (which was launched by the assassination of President  McKinley and included trust-breaking, labor conflicts, environmental  reform, brokering an end to war between Russia and Japan, and setting in  motion the Panama Canal) to his failed attempt at creating a third  political party. It's fascinating viewing, told through photographs, films  from the time, dramatizations, and interviews with Roosevelt's  descendants, academics, and former President Bill Clinton.--Bret  Fetzer