Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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Page 173
... given him a vision as clear and rare as the air of the moun- tain peaks . He went away the colonel of a regi- ment of patriotic recruits ; he came back the general of a trained army . Impetuosity had given place to strenuous purpose ...
... given him a vision as clear and rare as the air of the moun- tain peaks . He went away the colonel of a regi- ment of patriotic recruits ; he came back the general of a trained army . Impetuosity had given place to strenuous purpose ...
Page 212
... given to him , and to which he was better entitled than any other man in public life . In the fall of 1897 he was detailed to inspect the fleet in Hamp- ton Roads , and he kept the commanders and their jackies in a ferment for a week ...
... given to him , and to which he was better entitled than any other man in public life . In the fall of 1897 he was detailed to inspect the fleet in Hamp- ton Roads , and he kept the commanders and their jackies in a ferment for a week ...
Page 228
... given canned corned beef we would have been all right ; but instead of this the sol- diers were given a horrible stuff called ' canned fresh beef . ' There was no salt in it . At the best it was stringy and tasteless . At the worst it ...
... given canned corned beef we would have been all right ; but instead of this the sol- diers were given a horrible stuff called ' canned fresh beef . ' There was no salt in it . At the best it was stringy and tasteless . At the worst it ...
Contents
POEM by GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN | 5 |
A TYPICAL AMERICAN introduction by OPIE READ | 25 |
THEODORE ROOSEVELT | 33 |
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