Letters to His Children
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Theodore Roosevelt
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The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the President of the United States, stands revealed in this selection of letters he wrote his children throughout their school years. They shed light on the cheerful man who remained throughout his life as pure and gentle as the soul of a child, plus many little reveals that there were squirrels nesting in the presidential bedroom, rats in the basement, and children's pranks that damaged the White House artwork! Many of these letters are considered valuable guides for youth in all ranks of life, notably those on the relative merits of civil and military careers, and the proper proportions of sport and study. Only a short time before he died, Teddy Roosevelt said "I would rather have this book published than anything that has ever been written about me." ~ Summary by Michele Fry
NOTE: Roosevelt gave titles to all his letters, and all letters in this audio collection are recorded in sequential order with their titles. Most are too short to be published as separate audio files, thus several have been combined in most cases. (4 hr 47 min)
Chapters
02. from Oyster Bay Dec 1900 - Youthful Bible Commentators, Fine Names For Guin…
3:08
Read by Jill Engle
03. from Keystone Ranch Jan 1900 - A Cougar and Lynx Hunt, Dogs That Climb Tree…
7:29
Read by Mark Hissong
08. from White House Oct 1902 - The Dog Gem, and Presidential Nurse For Guinea …
2:04
Read by Michele Fry
15. from Oyster Bay 1903 - To Ted On A Hunting Trip, End Of Summer At Oyster Bay
3:17
Read by Denise Nordell
16. White House Oct 1903 - 'Valuablest' Kind Of Rabbits, A Preaching Letter
2:39
Read by Linda Dodge
19. Study and Play, Quentin's First Fall, Homesich For Sagamore Hill, Joy Over …
8:03
Read by Jeremy Logan
22. from White House 1904 - Ted's Sprained Ankle, The Supreme Christmas Joy, A …
4:34
Read by Mark Hissong
24. from White House Feb 1904 - Root and Taft, Senator Hanna's Death, Irritatin…
4:51
Read by Mark Hissong
28. On The Eve Of Nomination for President 1904, Picture Letter, Bill The Lizard
3:16
Read by Mark Hissong
30. Dec, Jan 1904 - Big Jim White, Winter Life In The White House, Playmate Of …
6:41
Read by Mark Hissong
32. April, May 1905 - A Hunting Trip . . . Abernathy The Wolf Hunter . . . Prai…
8:31
Read by Mark Hissong
33. Home Again With Skip, Skip In The White House, Officers of Togo's Fleet
3:55
Read by Mark Hissong
40. Pillow Fights With The Boys, Sorrows Of Skip, 'An Interesting Circus Experi…
9:16
Read by Mark Hissong
42. No Place Like Sagamore Hill, Attic Delights, Presidential Rescue of a Kitten
4:52
Read by Greg Giordano
43. Sports of Quentin and Archie, Skip and Archie, A Turkey Hunt at Pine Knot
4:07
Read by Greg Giordano
44. On Board U. S. S. Louisiana on the Way to Panama November 1906 - Pets On Sh…
9:00
Read by Mark Hissong
49. On Board U. S. S. Mississippi, October 1907 - Trials of a Traveling Preside…
9:54
Read by Greg Giordano
51. Quentin's 'Exquisite Jest', Tom Pinch, 'Martin Chuzzlewit', Good Reading Fo…
7:07
Read by Greg Giordano
53. John Burroughs and the Flying Squirrel, Beauty of White House Grounds, Quen…
3:48
Read by Brian Prusko
54. Quentin And Turner, Quentin and the Pig, A Presidential Fall, More About Qu…
6:37
Read by Mark Hissong