![]() ![]() “He was a figure of incessant activity, of constant talk, constant hurt, a bee in a bottle.” DMĪt Harvard, he busied himself with boxing lessons, dance classes, horseback riding, wrestling, and long hikes. “Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough.” Theodore Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt lived his life with urgency, constantly moving and favoring action. ![]() It fueled his love for nature and the outdoors. Went on expeditions with his father to the Adirondacks. Spent childhood summers in houses along the Hudson, riding, swimming, and running barefoot. He found joy in adventuring, watching birds and animals, anything to do with nature.įilled his notebooks with descriptions and observations of ants, spiders, beetles, and dragonflies.Ĭreated his own “Roosevelt Museum of Natural History” in the back hall of the fourth floor of his family home. Faced chronic stomach trouble, headaches, colds, fevers, and asthma. See my notes below or Amazon for details and reviews.Įxtremely frail, sickly, undersized, nervous, and timid as a child. He breathes life into Roosevelt’s coming-of-age, grief, and transformation. McCullough was one of the best biographers and historians we’ll likely ever see. These were the years that Roosevelt grew from a fragile child and naive New York assemblyman into a hardened cowboy in the Badlands of North Dakota. The best biography that I’ve read on Theodore Roosevelt-though it only covers his early years from age 10 to 27. ![]() Mornings on Horseback by David McCulloughĭate read: 2/14/23. ![]()
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