If the
story of the asthmatic child who became American president is not enough to get
the armchair politician up off his seat to pensively pace the room, surely the
tales of Teddy the American ‘Rough Rider’, the African safari hunter, the
Amazon jungle explorer, and the many other ‘Boys’ Own’ testosterone fuelled adventures
described in the book will get the reader to saddle up and go west young man.
Books
aplenty have been written about President Teddy Roosevelt. But in an age when
young men face taunts of 'toxic masculinity’ simply just for being born male,
this book is a must read.
Teddy
Roosevelt exemplifies the spirit of that which made America great: Loving
husband and doting father, family man, loyal and forgiving friend, overcomer of
flaws and failures, fearless defender of freedom at home and abroad, lover of
God and country, a true patriot indeed!
Baier
quotes from the eulogy Henry Cabot Lodge delivered upon the death of his friend:
“This is not the place to speak of his private
life, but within that sacred circle no man was ever more blessed in the utter
devotion of a noble wife and the passionate love of his children. The absolute
purity and beauty of his family life tell us why the pride and interest which
his fellow countrymen felt in him were always touched with the warm light of
love. In the home so dear to him, in his sleep, death came to him, and – So Valiant-for-Truth
passed over and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.”
Valiant-for-Truth was the courageous hero in The
Pilgrim’s Progress, a literary reference loved by Roosevelt. Pgs. 351-2
(hardback).
Well done
Teddy Roosevelt and well done Brett Baier and Catherine Witney for providing
such a readable account of this remarkable man’s inspiring life and legacy.
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