The Roosevelt Book: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt (Classic Reprint)

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Fb&c Limited, 2015 M07 27 - 244 pages
Excerpt from The Roosevelt Book: Selections From the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt

Half a dozen books have grown out Of this side Of his life, and they are full of instances which show his capacity for learning things from the men who really knew them. His gen erous praise and enthusiasm for the expert plainsman, the wily trapper, the fearless cow boy, the tireless hunter, are expressed in every chapter. He learned things by intelligent ap preciation of others and not by jealous rivalry. That is one of his most attractive traits.

It is playing the game fair that appeals to him first, and then hitting the line hard. Even opponents and rivals like that kind of a man. Cow-punchers, foot-ball heroes, and po litical bosses have yielded admiration to it. And no boy can read what he has written and not feel the charm Of it.

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Theodore Roosevelt was an American politician, naturalist, military man, author, and the youngest president of the United States. Known for his larger-than-life persona, Roosevelt is credited with forming the Rough Riders, trust-busting large American companies including Standard Oil, expanding the system of national parks and forests, and negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese War, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.A prolific author, Roosevelt s topics ranged from foreign policy to the natural world to personal memoirs. Among his most recognized works are The Rough Riders, The Winning of the West, and his Autobiography. In addition to a legacy of written works, Roosevelt is immortalized along with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honour by President Bill Clinton for his charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War, and was given the title of Chief Scout Citizen by the Boy Scouts of America. Roosevelt died suddenly at his home, Sagamore Hill, on January 5, 1919. Roosevelt, along with his niece Eleanor and his cousin Franklin D., is the subject of the 2014 Ken Burns documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.

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