American Ideals And Administration Civil Service

1928. Illustrated from photographs and with facsimiles of the author's drawings and letters. Theodore Roosevelt was more than just the 26th president of the United States. He was a writer, historian, explorer, big-game hunter, soldier, conservationist, ranchman and Nobel Peace Prize winner. This volume contains a collection of his essays on the following topics: American Ideals: True Americanism; The Manly Virtues and Practical Politics; The College Graduate and Public Life; Phases of State Legislation; Machine Politics in New York City; The Vice-Presidency and the Campaign of 1896. Administration-Civil Service: Six Years of Civil Service Reform; Administering the New York Police Force; How Not to Help Our Poorer Brother; The Monroe Doctrine; Washington's Forgotten Maxim; National Life and Character; Social Evolution; and The Law of Civilization and Decay. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.