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Theodore roosevelt, accidental president, and joseph bishop, newspaper editor, met when the future rough rider was police commissioner of new york city. American lion indiana digital download center overdrive. The unique thing i really got from it is a reasonable interpretation of trs intervention in the 1902 anthracite strike, reasonable being defined as i agree with it and its a noble conclusion. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at.
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The greatest of the presidents who have followed jackson in the white house from lincoln to theodore roosevelt to fdr to trumanhave found inspiration in his example, and virtue in his vision. Roosevelt, theodore, 1858191, presidents united states biography, united states politics and government 19011909 publisher. Called a short biography this book is a well written overview of tr. Spanning his earliest remembrances as a child to his historic charge up san juan hill, and his years in the white house, theodore roosevelt.
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