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Of my great−grandfather Roosevelt and his family life a century and over ago I know little beyond what is implied in some of his books that have come down to me−−the Letters of Junius, a biography of John Paul Jones,
Chief Justice Marshall's "Life of Washington." They seem to indicate that his library was less interesting than that of my wife's great−grandfather at the same time, which certainly included such volumes as the original /Edinburgh Review/, for we have them now on our own book−shelves. Of my grandfather Roosevelt my most vivid childish reminiscence is not something I saw, but a tale that was told me concerning him. In /his/ boyhood
Sunday was as dismal a day for small Calvinistic children of Dutch descent as if they had been of Puritan or Scotch Covenanting or French Huguenot descent−−and I speak as one proud of his Holland, Huguenot, and Covenanting ancestors, and proud that the blood of that stark Puritan divine Jonathan Edwards flows in the veins of his children.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Chief Justice Marshall's "Life of Washington." They seem to indicate that his library was less interesting than that of my wife's great−grandfather at the same time, which certainly included such volumes as the original /Edinburgh Review/, for we have them now on our own book−shelves. Of my grandfather Roosevelt my most vivid childish reminiscence is not something I saw, but a tale that was told me concerning him. In /his/ boyhood
Sunday was as dismal a day for small Calvinistic children of Dutch descent as if they had been of Puritan or Scotch Covenanting or French Huguenot descent−−and I speak as one proud of his Holland, Huguenot, and Covenanting ancestors, and proud that the blood of that stark Puritan divine Jonathan Edwards flows in the veins of his children.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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A great read by Teddy the Man himself.
For the Kindle , it's a great read as it's written in the hand of one of our greatest president's. Teddy or Theodore Roosevelt was a complex man and in this Autobiography he dictates the arduous era that he lived in and how he managed to overcome so many obstacles.
should have used a ghost writer
i came away from this book slightly bewildered and amused. teddy roosevelt was a mans man but he was also very strange. he never mentioned one of his children by name but seemed rather fond of the time he spent with them. he never said a word about what his relationship with his wife was like other than she bore him many children. he was obsessed with defending himself from any criticism and went to great lengths to explain how impeccably honorable he was. there was also virtually no time line to the story. i never knew if he was young or old or whether he was talking about being a clerk or the president it was so random. very uneven accounts. very interesting then very boring and repetitive
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