American Experience

Further Reading

Web Sites | Books

Theodore Roosevelt Papers
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/trhtml/trhome.html
This Library of Congress site presents documents written by TR as well as photos.

The Rough Riders
http://www.bartleby.com/51/
Access the full text of TR's 1899 bestseller, The Rough Riders online, courtesy of Bartleby.com.

TR Speeches
http://www.tamu.edu/comm/pres/speeches/trduties.html
Read four famous speeches by TR archived by Texas A&M's Program in Presidential Rhetoric.

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/sahi/inside.htm
Take a peek inside the Roosevelt family home.

Roosevelt's Birthplace
http://www.nps.gov/thrb/
Find out about Theodore Roosevelt's Manhattan birthplace and early childhood home, a National Park Service site.

About Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org
This Web site dedicated to TR includes sound files and images, links to other TR sites, anecdotes, and quotations, and provides information about the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

White House Biography
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tr26.html
Explore the White House's official biography of Theodore Roosevelt.

The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html
This Library of Congress site highlights important events in the conservation movement.

Web Sites | Books

Andrews, Wayne, ed. The Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt. New York: Octagon Books, 1975. Second edition of the life of TR in his own words, including letters and other documents.

Blum, John Morton. The Republican Roosevelt. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1977.

Boardman, Fon W., Jr. America and the Progressive Era. New York: H. Z. Walck, 1970. An overview of society and culture at the turn of the century, including the pressing issues faced by Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson during this age of reform. Includes a good bibliography.

Brinkley, Douglas, Natalie Naylor and John Allen Gable, eds. Theodore Roosevelt -- Many Sided American. Interlaken, New York: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1992.

Cooper, John Milton, Jr. The Warrior and the Priest. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1983.
A comprehensive comparison of the lives, philosophies, and leadership roles of TR and Woodrow Wilson.

Felsenthal, Carol. Alice Roosevelt Longworth. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. A comprehensive account of TR's colorful and controversial daughter, from her childhood to her life as the wife of a speaker of the house and position as one of Washington's most famous personalities; based on over 200 interviews with friends and acquaintances, FBI files, and Alice's White House diaries.

Gable, John Allen. The Bull Moose Years: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party. Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1978.

Harris, Edmund. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1980.

Jeffers, H. Paul. The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions: Heretofore Unpublished Letters and Papers Concerning a Singular Collaboration Between Theodore Roosevelt and Sherlock Holmes. New York: Harper & Row, 1978.
The highly fictional and entertaining story of the friendship between TR and the famous English detective.

----. Commissioner Roosevelt: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt and the New York City Police, 1895-1897. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1994.

McCullough, David. Mornings on Horseback. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982.
An in-depth biography of the young TR, focusing on his life from the age of 10 until his return from North Dakota at age 27.

----. The Path Between the Seas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977.
An award-winning book about the building of the Panama Canal.

Morris, Sylvia Jukes. Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1980.
Biography of TR's second wife and popular first lady, including the nearly 30 years of her life after the death of TR, many photographs, information about her children as adults, and previously unpublished diaries and letters.

Parker, Nancy Winslow. Locks, Crocs, and Skeeters. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1996.
A colorful, easy-to-read overview of the building of the Panama Canal; includes kid-friendly illustrations and good maps and diagrams. Especially useful for younger students and visual learners.

Roosevelt, Theodore. The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt. Edited by Elting Morison, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1954.

----. Progressive Principles. Edited by Elmer H. Youngman, Progressive National Service, New York, NY, 1913.

----. The Rough Riders. Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1997.
Originally published in Scribner's Magazine in 1899, this is an updated edition of TR's own account of the exploits of this famous regiment during the Spanish-American War in 1898.

----. Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia. Second edition. New York: Theodore Roosevelt Association; Westport, Connecticut:�Meckler Corp.,�1989.

----. Theodore Roosevelt's Diaries of Boyhood and Youth. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1928.

----. Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to his Children. Edited by Joseph Bucklin Bishop. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919.

Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. New York: New American Library, 1990.
Originally published in 1906, this famous exposé of the meat-packing industry caused TR to launch an investigation that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act in that same year.

Whitelaw, Nancy. Theodore Roosevelt Takes Charge. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 1992.
An excellent biography for young adults, including many photos, political cartoons, a chronology of TR's life, and bibliography.