<div>By the time he was twenty-five the future president of the United States was already a published author. From <i>The Naval War of 1812</i> through his four-volume <i>Winning of the West</i>, Teddy Roosevelt proved himself a master historian...but one must not make the mistake of labeling him a stodgy academic.<br> The future president was also a great outdoorsman, with such works as <i>Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail</i> and <i>African Game Trails</i> capturing his rough and ready lifestyle.<br> Theodore Roosevelt was part Francis Parkman, part Lowell Thomas, and one hundred percent spirit of America and master of the printed page.<br> <i>The Man in the Arena</i> collects self-contained excerpts from some of his greatest works, including such revealing memoirs as <i>The Rough Riders</i>, the <i>Autobiography</i>, and <i>Through the Brazilian Wilderness</i>, in an effort to capture the many aspects of a great American who was indeed larger than life and his own best "Boswell."<br></div>