Becoming Teddy Roosevelt : how a Maine guide inspired America's 26th president / Andrew Vietze.
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TextPublisher: [Rockport, Me.] : Down East Books, 2010Description: 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780892727841Subject(s): Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Friends and associates | Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930 | Presidents -- United States -- Biography | Hunting guides -- Maine -- Biography | Outdoor life -- Maine | Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota Territory | Ranch life -- Dakota Territory | Aroostook County (Me.) -- BiographyDDC classification: 973.91/1092 LOC classification: E757 | .V664 2010Summary: 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.
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 973.91 VIET (Browse shelf) | Available | 40538 |
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.
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