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Sketch of Col Roosevelt America's Big Man
A compact portrait of Theodore Roosevelt highlighting his ascent from frail youth to youngest U S president in 1901 and later leader of the Progressive party. It covers his early life in New York, Harvard boxing, Alpine club visa, marriages, New York civil service reform, mayoral bid, and formation of the Rough Riders with Leonard Wood during the Spanish American War.
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Col. Roosevelt
White House
McKinley
United States
Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
New York City
East Twentieth Street
Theodore
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
Junior
New York
Harvard University
Becme
Harvard
Europe
Alpine Club of
London
Poysevelt
North Dakota
Harrison
United States Civil Service Commission
Cleveland
Leonard Wood
Rough Riders
Wood
Teddy
Cuba
Santiago
Coland
Theodore Roose
Metropolitan
Kansas City Star
America
American
Africa
Brazil
Germany
South America
Reo Theodore
Roosevelt Hospital
Theodore Roosevelt
England
Spain
Michigan
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
N. Y
Tamany Hall
Barnes
Syracuse
Progressive Party
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
Wilson