If a Poem Could Live and Breathe
A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt's First Love
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
13 June 2023
Summary
Studded with the real love letters between a young Theodore Roosevelt and Boston beauty Alice Lee-many of them never before published-If a Poem Could Live and Breathe makes vivid what many historians believe to be the pivotal years that made the future president into the man of action that defined his political life, and cemented his legacy.
Cambridge, 1878. The era of the Gilded Age. Alice Lee sets out to break from the norms of her mother’s generation. Women are fighting for educati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250277831 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250277833 |
| Author: | Mary Calvi |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 13 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 496g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm |
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Praise for If a Poem Could Live and Breathe
“Another solid presidential love story… The authenticity of Theodore’s feelings for Alice is made palpable in the magnetic narrative, and the inclusion of his love letters to Alice, some published for the very first time, is a nice touch. Historical fiction fans will be pleased.” – Publishers Weekly
“An entertaining novel to devour with tissues nearby.” – The Historical Novel Society
Praise for Dear George, Dear Mary
“Calvi’s debut skillfully depicts the ill-fated love story of a promising 24-year-old colonel named George Washington and Mary Eliza Philipse, a…New York heiress, [in this] ‘affecting’ narrative.” – Publishers Weekly
“Calvi’s portrait of Washington as an earnest young man striving for success but beleaguered on every front is convincing and, in a way, endearing. It is also a fascinating and unique look at pre-Revolutionary War society, with its misunderstandings and simmering resentments, and notable for the author’s use of contemporaneous documents.” – Booklist
About The Author
Mary Calvi
MARY CALVI is a 12-time New York Emmy award-winning journalist for WCBS-TV and weekend anchor of Inside Edition. Her in-depth research for her debut book, DEAR GEORGE, DEAR MARY: A Novel of George Washington’s First Love, is the basis of a Smithsonian Channel documentary. Calvi lives in Yonkers, New York.
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