02449cam a2200445 a 4500 455871586 OCoLC 20250827112355.0 091002s2010 meua b 001 0ceng d 2009041701 9780892727841 38494875 (OCoLC)455871586 AJM n-us--- n-us-me n-us-nd E757 .V664 2010 973.91/1092 22 Vietze, Andrew. 22362 Becoming Teddy Roosevelt : how a Maine guide inspired America's 26th president / Andrew Vietze. [Rockport, Me.] : Down East Books, 2010. 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Maine Historical Society has the original manuscript draft of an essay by Roosevelt entitled "My Debt to Maine" (see published version in "Maine My State," published by the Maine Research Club, 1919). Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-195) and index. A sickly Harvard student. A Maine Guide. And a friendship that changed a man - who changed a nation. Today we think of Theodore Roosevelt as a larger-than-life figure, but before he became a legendary outdoorsman, Badlands rancher, Rough Rider, trust buster, and political maverick, he was a "thin pale youngster with bad eyes and a weak heart," in the words of William Wingate Sewall, the upcountry Maine woodsman who would become Roosevelt's mentor and lifelong friend. The two met at a crucial time in Roosevelt's life, and Sewall exerted a quiet but profound influence on the man who would become America's twenty-sixth President. This is the untold story of their friendship - and the many adventures they shared. Maine author. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. 1780 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Friends and associates. 22363 Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930. 22364 Presidents United States Biography. 12546 Hunting guides Maine Biography. 22365 Outdoor life Maine. 22366 Frontier and pioneer life Dakota Territory. 22367 Ranch life Dakota Territory. 22368 Aroostook County (Me.) Biography. 22369 .b147914218 ddc BOOK 30846 30846 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2025-08-27 22.95 973.91 VIET 40538 2025-08-27 2025-08-27 BOOK 1