Eddie, You may find some information in a booklet called, "Roosevelt in the Bunkhouse and Other Sketches: Visits of the Great Rought Rider To Wyoming in 1900,...
1089
erenehan@...
Jul 7, 2005 10:48 pm
Your Friend, Ed Renehan wants you to see this interesting story on Lawn & Landscape: Home of Theodore Roosevelt Honors Bartlett Tree Experts By, Bartlett Tree...
Apparently, TR himself planted the copper beech, so it is a direct link to him and his family. Copper beeches were a signature tree of many Gold Coast estates....
Last evening I re-watched "Jack London," a 1943 film, that seems to exist as exercise in anti-Japanese propaganda more than it does as a biography. ...
1092
Greg Wynn
gregwynn@...
Jul 9, 2005 10:31 pm
Mr. Summer: Very interesting. I belive that this fictional. But, would be curious to hear what others think. What I do know is that, in fact, while TR had...
1093
Edward J. Renehan Jr.
erenehan@...
Jul 9, 2005 10:44 pm
See the most definitive Jack London bio to date, JACK: A BIOGRAPHY OF JACK LONDON by Andrew Sinclair (Harper & Row, 1977). p. 137. The year is 1904. The place,...
1094
Greg Wynn
gregwynn@...
Jul 10, 2005 12:05 am
Interesting. However, even the most definitive biographies of TR -- to include obscure scholarly studies focusing on the Russo-Japanese War have no mention of...
1095
Greg Wynn
gregwynn@...
Jul 10, 2005 12:05 am
If anyone has access to the London bio referred to by the Exec Dir, would like to know the source of the TR attribution, if any. Even an incident as curious...
There is a volume at the TRA offices that lists all of TR's correspondence at the Library of Congress. The letters are listed under the initials of the...
1097
Edward J. Renehan Jr.
erenehan@...
Jul 10, 2005 12:44 pm
Here are two accounts of Jack London in the Russo-Japanese conflict, the latter by Dale Walker who is quite first-rate. ...
1098
Edward J. Renehan Jr.
erenehan@...
Jul 10, 2005 12:59 pm
Correction: I meant "1904 events in Korea" and they predated the nature faker flare-up between London & TR by three years. - EJR ... ...
Just a comment... No need to reply unless of course there is a need to... I'm really missing Dr. Gable's commentary and insight on a lot of these great TR...
Vince, I think we all feel the same way. John always had the "final answer" on all puzzling questions involving TR. He was the glue binding the TRA together,...
Thank you for sharing the information about the memorial stone. I hadn't known, and it is at once sad, incredibly appropriate, and reassuring to know that in...
1102
kenmessina@...
Jul 15, 2005 12:04 pm
Linda, Thanks for sharing this. I just imagine John and TR having long talks.... Best, Ken Messina Keene, NH...
Hi, I hope that everyone is enjoying the summer! I'm forwarding an interesting question that came via The Friends of Sagamore Hill Website from an art gallery...
1104
Tom Peeling
tpeeling@...
Aug 18, 2005 6:02 pm
Ed, others: I managed to get a pre-publication copy of The River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard, which is coming out Oct....
1105
Edward J. Renehan Jr.
erenehan@...
Aug 18, 2005 6:22 pm
Tom: You're right. The book is indeed excellent, and will be a welcome contribution to the literature when it emerges in October. Best, - Ed ... ...
1106
Edward J. Renehan Jr.
erenehan@...
Aug 22, 2005 6:28 pm
Interesting article: http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/08212005/news/58891.htm Best, EJR ****************************************** EDWARD J. RENEHAN JR. ...
According to a tiny news item on NPR this morning, TR was the first American President to ride in an automobile and he did so on this day in 1902. I suspect...
I can imagine him shouting "By Godfrey!" over the roar of the one cylander engine. :-) Seems fitting as he was also the first up in an airplane. Now that took...
And, of course, TR was the first President to go down in a submarine! If space travel had been existent, I wouldn't have been surprised had he decided to try...
Actually, TR's driving was so poor that Edith eventually forbid him to get behind the wheel. ... From: Michael Cawelti To: tr-m@yahoogroups.com Sent: 8/22/2005...
He was also the first to fly in a plane. In fact, there is quite a story about TR and flying. For example he was one of the first to recognize the military...
He ran his first car into the ground within a year. According to John Gable, TR could never understand why cars didn't avoid holes in the ground the way...
1113
gclinton@...
Aug 23, 2005 10:27 pm
And let's not forget that TR was the first President to descend in a submarine (under the storm-tossed waters of Oyster Bay and the Long Island Sound)....
Dear friends, As I read the galleys of Candice Millard's _River of Doubt_, I'm disappointed to come across the old canard about how TR's service and bravery as...
Jim, just for curiosity, whom does the author cite for this point of view, assuming anyone is cited? Was "The Lion's Pride" mentioned in her bibliography??? ...
1116
Edward J. Renehan Jr.
erenehan@...
Aug 28, 2005 10:21 pm
As I point out in TLP, the issue is far more complex than simply whether or not TR Sr.'s shirking influenced TR the younger and turned him toward war. In TR's...
1117
Greg Wynn
gregwynn@...
Aug 28, 2005 11:12 pm
I would add additionally, however, while I agree with the Executive Director --- that characterizing TR Senior's role as "shirking"; is grossly unfair. His...
