Description
Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on the life and times of Theodore Roosevelt, drawing on a remarkable set of oral histories gathered in the 1950s from those who knew him. Remembering Theodore Roosevelt presents fourteen intimate interviews with Roosevelt’s friends, family, and contemporaries. Never before published, the transcripts reveal colorful details about the infamous Rough Riders, the political scene in New York City, the lives of his extended family, including the Hyde Park Roosevelts Franklin and Eleanor, and how the former president inspired successive generations. The book benefits from the author’s discerning annotations and commentary that provide the reader with lesser-known facts and a full appreciation of the oral history project.
Trade Review“The book also includes a list of the interviews, when and where they occurred, and the archives where intrepid researchers can find them.” (Michael Patrick Cullinane, History News Network, historynewsnetwork.org, December 19, 2021)
Table of Contents1 Introduction Part I Family 2 The Other Washington Monument: Alice RooseveltLongworth 3 From Hyde Park to Oyster Bay: Helen RooseveltRobinson 4 The Next Generation: William and Margaret Cowles andCorinne Alsop Cole 5 First Lady of the World: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt 6 The Scions of Sagamore Hill: Ethel Roosevelt Derby andEleanor Butler Roosevelt Contentsviii ContentsPart II Neighbors 7 A Grande Dame: Georgiana Farr Sibley 8 The Worst Friend of the Worst Boy: Barclay H. Farr Part III Political Disciples 9 The Political Backroom: William M. Chadbourne 10 That Tammany Boy: Henry Root Stern, Sr. 11 Secondhand Memories: Murray T. Quigg 12 The Account of a College Man: Karl H. Behr 13 When Trumpets Call: Stanley M. Isaacs Part IV Brothers in Arms 14 Roosevelt’s Enduring Legacy: Frederick Trubee Davison 15 The Last Rough Rider: Jesse Langdon
