Aida D. Donald (1930–2023)
Author of Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt
About the Author
Aida D. Donald has spent a lifetime with American history. Editor-in-chief at Harvard University Press for many years
Works by Aida D. Donald
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Donald, Aida D.
- Legal name
- Donald, Aida DiPace
- Other names
- Donald, Aida
- Birthdate
- 1930-04-09
- Date of death
- 2023-09-04
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA
- Places of residence
- Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
- Education
- Barnard College (AB | 1952)
Columbia University (MA | 1953)
University of Rochester (PhD | 1961) - Occupations
- historian
professor (history)
editor - Relationships
- Donald, David Herbert (husband)
Donald, Bruce (son) - Organizations
- Harvard University Press
Columbia University
League of Women Voters
American Historical Association
American Association of University Women
Members
Reviews
Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Aida D. Donald
A breezy read that lightly skips through the man's biography and accomplishments without stopping much to critically examine it. This is the heroic Teddy; Rough Rider, trust buster, friend of the working man. This is rather refreshing when most biographies are 600-1000 page tomes of competing views or snooze inducing detail.
Basic biography about the life of T.R. Regrettably misnamed, it's not just about his White House years, but his whole life. If you have time to read one book about the life of T.R, I'd pick H. W. Brands or Nathan Miller. Edmund Morris, if you'll need more. There's nothing new here.
A great start to reading about Theodore Roosevelt. I like to read a quick overview of a president before I start on the 500-pagers, and this was perfect. Donald hit just the highlights, and that's what I was looking for.
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- Works
- 4
- Members
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- Popularity
- #47,610
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 7
- ISBNs
- 19