How true is the factoid that, among his many other memetically-masculine qualities, Theodore Roosevelt could read an entire book before breakfast?

by RobWithOneB
AristoPhilosor

He was certainly a voracious reader, and could read a book while having a full conversation with his presidential staff, which he did to their annoyance. I can't remember the source, but one biographer ( I think it was Clay Jenkinson) said Teddy Roosevelt was even more well read than library amassing Thomas Jefferson.