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.
00. Introduction01. In The Spanish War 1898 - Blessed Bunnies, Darling Ethel02. from Oyster Bay Dec 1900 - Youthful Bible Commentators, Fine Names For Guinea Pigs03. from Keystone Ranch Jan 1900 - A Cougar and Lynx Hunt, Dogs That Climb Trees, The Pig Named Maude04. from Oyster Bay May 1901 - Advice and News, Archie and Quentin05. Incidents of Homecoming, Oyster Bay, May 190106. Dear Little Miss Sarah07. Uncle Remus and White House Pets08. from White House Oct 1902 - The Dog Gem, and Presidential Nurse For Guinea Pigs09. Thanksgiving In The White House 190210. A White House Christmas 190211. Tom Quartz and Jack12. A Far Western Trip 190313. Loves and Sports of The Children14. A President At Play15. from Oyster Bay 1903 - To Ted On A Hunting Trip, End Of Summer At Oyster Bay16. White House Oct 1903 - 'Valuablest' Kind Of Rabbits, A Preaching Letter17. Proper Place For Sports, Concerning Getting 'Smashed'18. The Art of Uncle Remus, A Ride And A Pillow Fight19. Study and Play, Quentin's First Fall, Homesich For Sagamore Hill, Joy Over A Football Victory, Vice-Mother Of The Children20. Quentin's Sixth Birthday21. A President's Poor Protection22. from White House 1904 - Ted's Sprained Ankle, The Supreme Christmas Joy, A Day With Juggler23. Merits of Military and Civil Life24. from White House Feb 1904 - Root and Taft, Senator Hanna's Death, Irritating Remark by Quentin25. Japanese Wrestling26. Love For The White House 190427. Charms Of Valley Forge, Washington's Companions At Valley Forge28. On The Eve Of Nomination for President 1904, Picture Letter, Bill The Lizard29. On The Eve Of Election30. Dec, Jan 1904 - Big Jim White, Winter Life In The White House, Playmate Of The Children, A Japanese Boy's Letter31. On Counting Days And Wrestling; Spring In Washington32. April, May 1905 - A Hunting Trip . . . Abernathy The Wolf Hunter . . . Prairie Girls . . . Bears, Bobcats and Skip33. Home Again With Skip, Skip In The White House, Officers of Togo's Fleet34. A President As Cook35. Quentin's Quaint Sayings36. Advice Regarding Newspaper Annoyances37. Incidents of a Southern Trip, Poets and Princes38. Novels and Games, Christmas Present To His Old Nurse39. Dickens and Thackeray, A Tribute To Archie40. Pillow Fights With The Boys, Sorrows Of Skip, 'An Interesting Circus Experience', A Big And Lonely White House, A New Puppy And A New Horse, A Quentin Antecdote41. A Visit To Washington's Birthplace, More About Dickens42. No Place Like Sagamore Hill, Attic Delights, Presidential Rescue of a Kitten43. Sports of Quentin and Archie, Skip and Archie, A Turkey Hunt at Pine Knot44. On Board U. S. S. Louisiana on the Way to Panama November 1906 - Pets On Shipboard, Names of the Guns, Reflections On The Way, Events Since Columbus's Discovery, Pride In America45. What The President Saw at Panama46. On The Way To Porto Rico, What He Saw In Porto Rico47. Sickness of Archie, At the Jamestown Exposition, General Kuroki48. Temporary Absence Of Skip, Death of Skip, Quentin's Snake Adventure49. On Board U. S. S. Mississippi, October 1907 - Trials of a Traveling President, Changes of Three Centuries, Pecularities of Mississippi Steamboats50. The Lone Cat Of The Camp, Shooting The Bear51. Quentin's 'Exquisite Jest', Tom Pinch, 'Martin Chuzzlewit', Good Reading For Pacifists52. Quentin As A Ball-Player, Four Sheepish Small Boys53. John Burroughs and the Flying Squirrel, Beauty of White House Grounds, Quentin and a Beehive54. Quentin And Turner, Quentin and the Pig, A Presidential Fall, More About Quentin55. Tribute To Kermit, Longing For Home, The Last Hunt, Quentin Grown Up
Letters to His Children - Theodore Roosevelt - Description and brief content, listen free online on the e-library site at Knigi-Audio.com/en/
