roosevelt, theodore

After his election defeat in 1912 with his just-established third party, the Bull Moose Party, Theodore Roosevelt looked for a punishing physical challenge to take his mind off the loss. What he found was The River of Doubt, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. He made the trip with his son Kermit, and Brazil's most famous explorer, Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon. Facing an unbelievable series of hardships including loosing their canoes and supplies to rapids, enduring starvation, Indian attack, disease, drowning, and a murder within their own ranks, Theodore Roosevelt changed the map of the Western Hemisphere forever. Three men died and Roosevelt was brought to the brink of suicide. Although he and his son survived his health was never the same.

In 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to have dinner at the executive mansion with the First Family. The next morning, news that the president had dined with a Black man and former slave, sent shock waves through the nation. One seemingly ordinary dinner became a window onto post-Civil War American history and politics. The scandal of this dinner escalated and threatened to topple two of America's greatest men.

Chronicles the life of Theodore Roosevelt, discussing his childhood; marriage and family; experiences as a cowboy, soldier, and explorer; accomplishments as U.S. president; and legacy.

Tells the life story of Theodore Roosevelt and presents nearly eighty speeches, letters, pieces of legislation, court decisions, and other documents related to his early years, campaigns and elections, administration policies and crises, relationships with the Cabinet and other government bodies, and his retirement years.

Primary documents help argue the pros and cons of a variety of issues which shaped the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge.

Focuses on the childhood of the dynamic president, describing how Teddy worked hard to improve his poor health and developed a lifelong interest in nature and the conservation of natural resources.

Discusses the trip undertaken in 1905 by Secretary of War William Howard Taft on a diplomatic mission for U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea, revealing the secret agreements Taft made in Roosevelt's name.

Describes how Teddy Roosevelt formed the Rough Riders at the beginning of the Spanish-American War and led them into battle at San Juan Hill.

A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, discussing his early life, his first marriage, his devotion to nature and conservation, his family, and his military and political careers.