Theodore Roosevelt
Author
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Collects 367 letters written between 1881 and 1919 in a volume that features correspondences with such individuals as Rudyard Kipling, Upton Sinclair, and FDR and the texts of four key speeches including "The Strenuous Life" of 1899, and "The Big Stick" of 1901.
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books/Harpercollins
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Collects lengthy quotations from Theodore Roosevelt arranged by historical period and topic, covering his thoughts on the discipline of history, the founding fathers, court cases, military actions, and other presidents.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Rough Riders (1899) is the story of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment Roosevelt led to enduring fame in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt recounts how the regiment was raised from an unusual mixture of hardened southwestern frontiersmen and privileged northeastern college graduates, and how it trained in Texas and then sailed "southward through the topic seas toward the unknown." Writing at a time when war could still...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Although only 23 years old at the time of publication, Theodore Roosevelt made his mark as a military scholar with this detailed analysis of naval combat between the United States and Great Britain from 1812–15. Engagingly written and comprehensively researched, The Naval War of 1812 exercised considerable influence on the formation of the modern American Navy and remains a cornerstone work in its field. Drawing upon official documents, letters,...