Edmund Morris on Theodore Roosevelt

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Edmund Morris has written three books about Teddy Roosevelt.  "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" started things off in 1980, winning the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.  "Theodore Rex" followed, taking the Los Angeles Time Book Prize in 2002.  The past year saw the third and final volume burst on the scene.  "Colonel Roosevelt" picks up the story after TR left the White House.  Morris tells Steve Paulson Roosevelt was a mass of contradictions.