TY - BOOK AU - Charyn,Jerome TI - The perilous adventures of the Cowboy King : : a novel of Teddy Roosevelt and his times SN - 9781631496660 U1 - Fic. PY - 2020/// CY - New York, NY PB - Liveright Publishing Corporation, KW - Roosevelt, Theodore, KW - Historical fiction KW - United States KW - History KW - 1865-1921 KW - Fiction N2 - Widely considered "one of our most rewarding novelists," Jerome Charyn "has upped the ante" (Larry McMurtry) by re-creating the voice of Theodore Roosevelt through his derring-do adventures as New York City police commissioner, Rough Rider, and soon-to-be twenty-sixth president. Beginning with his sickly childhood and concluding with McKinley's assassination in 1901, Charyn positions Roosevelt as a fearless crime fighter and pioneering environmentalist who would grow up to be our greatest peacetime president.--Page 4 of cover ER -