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Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children

by Joseph Bucklin (ed.) Bishop

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Published
1919
Genre
History
Pages
256
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2080828.Theodore_Roosevelt_s_Letters_to_His_Children?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_44

Reading measures

Suggested reading age
ages 16–18
Ambleside year
Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19

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Remembered today for his expansive personality and grand sense of adventure, Theodore Roosevelt--politician and soldier, naturalist and historian--was also a devoted, doting father and husband. This beautiful selection of the letters he wrote to his children over the courses of their lives, as well as a few written to other correspondents about the children, reveal a man deeply in love with his family and with the joys of fatherhood. The tales of Christmases at the White House and whistle-stop tours through the American countryside offer a cozy glimpse into one of the greatest American presidencies... and Roosevelt's tenderness with his sons and daughters--as he treats them as friends, confidantes, and equals--creates a warm and intimate portrait of one of the great American characters.

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Family LifeLettersNonfictionPresidentRooseveltUnited States of America