THEODORE ROOSEVELT Boxed Set
Enriched edition. Memoirs, History Books, Biographies, Essays, Speeches & Executive OrdersBy Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge
Length179h 52m
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The "THEODORE ROOSEVELT Boxed Set" is a compelling anthology that encapsulates the robust dynamism and narrative prowess of Theodore Roosevelt and his contemporary, Henry Cabot Lodge. This collection traverses a broad spectrum of themes from political ideology, personal grit, and leadership ethos to nature's profound impact upon American consciousness. The works reflect a unique blend of Roosevelt's fervent spirit and Lodge's adept insights, crafting a literary tapestry that captures varied styles'—from eloquent political rhetoric to introspective musings'—showcasing their unparalleled influence within the early 20th century literary context. Rich with historical and intellectual significance, the anthology brings together two of America's distinguished figures. Roosevelt's and Lodge's contributions are central to understanding the historical moment they inhabited, defined by industrial progress, societal shifts, and progressive reforms. Engaging with sociopolitical landscapes, and imbibed with cultural nuances, their writings echo the core tenets of movements like Progressivism and Pragmatism. Each author's legacy interweaves, providing readers with personal reflections and political commentaries that go beyond mere historical accounts, thereby advancing a nuanced discourse around the central theme. This anthology serves as an essential volume for readers seeking a comprehensive look at the multifaceted perspectives of these towering figures. It invites readers on a journey through the intricacies of early 20th-century American thought, enriched by the multiplicity of styles and themes. The "THEODORE ROOSEVELT Boxed Set" is a valuable scholarly tool, ideal for those interested in exploring the interactions between political philosophy and personal narrative, and offers an unparalleled opportunity for in-depth understanding through these timeless, interlinked works.
In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length179 hrs 52 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 18, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
185Playmate of the Children
2Introduction
186A Japanese Boy's Letter
3Historical Context
187On Counting Days and Wrestling
4Synopsis (Selection)
188Spring in Washington
5Foreword
189A Hunting Trip
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6I. Boyhood and Youth
190Abernethy the Wolf Hunter
7II. The Vigor of Life
191Prairie Girls
8III. Practical Politics
192Bears, Bobcats and Skip
9IV. In Cowboy Land
193Home Again With Skip
10V. Applied Idealism
194Skip in the White House
11VI. The New York Police
195Officers of Togo's Fleet
12VII. The War of America the Unready (pt. 1)
196A President as Cook
13VII. The War of America the Unready (pt. 2)
197Quentin's Quaint Sayings
14VIII. The New York Governorship
198Advice Regarding Newspaper Annoyances
15IX. Outdoors and Indoors
199Incidents of a Southern Trip
16X. The Presidency; Making an Old Party Progressive
200Poets and Princes
17XI. The Natural Resources of the Nation
201Novels and Games
18XII. The Big Stick and the Square Deal
202Christmas Present to His Old Nurse
19XIII. Social and Industrial Justice
203Dickens and Thackeray
20XIV. The Monroe Doctrine and the Panama Canal
204A Tribute to Archie
21XV. The Peace of Righteousness (pt. 1)
205Pillow Fights With the Boys
22XV. The Peace of Righteousness (pt. 2)
206Sorrows of Skip
23Preface
207"An Interesting Circus Experience"
24Preface to Third Edition
208A Big and Lonely White House
25I. Introductory
209A New Puppy and a New Horse
26II
210A Quentin Anecdote
27III. On the Ocean (1812)
211More About Dickens
28IV. On the Lakes (1812)
212No Place Like Sagamore Hill
29V. On the Ocean (1813)
213Attic Delights
30VI. On the Lakes (1813)
214Presidential Rescue of a Kitten
31VII. On the Ocean (1814)
215Sports of Quentin and Archie
32VIII. On the Lakes (1814)
216Skip and Archie
33IX. Concluding Operations (1815)
217A Turkey Hunt at Pine Knot
34X. The Battle of New Orleans (1815) (pt. 1)
218Pets on Shipboard
35X. The Battle of New Orleans (1815) (pt. 2)
219Names of the Guns
36Washington
220Reflections on the Way
37Daniel Boone and the Founding of Kentucky
221Events Since Columbus's Discovery
38George Rogers Clark and the Conquest of the Northwest
222Pride in America
39The Battle of Trenton
223What the President Saw at Panama
40Bennington
224On the Way to Porto Rico
41King's Mountain
225What He Saw in Porto Rico
42The Storming of Stony Point
226Sickness of Archie
43Gouverneur Morris
227At the Jamestown Exposition
44The Burning of the "Philadelphia"
228General Kuroki
45The Cruise of the "Wasp"
229Temporary Absence of Skip
46The "General Armstrong" Privateer
230Death of Skip
47The Battle of New Orleans
231Quentin's Snake Adventure
48John Quincy Adams and the Right of Petition
232Trials of a Travelling President
49Francis Parkman (1822-1893)
233Changes of Three Centuries
50"Remember the Alamo"
234Peculiarities of Mississippi Steamboats
51Hampton Roads
235The Lone Cat of the Camp
52The Flag-Bearer
236Shooting the Bear
53The Death of Stonewall Jackson
237Quentin's "Exquisite Jest"
54The Charge at Gettysburg
238Tom Pinch
55General Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign
239"Martin Chuzzlewit"
56Robert Gould Shaw
240Good Reading for Pacifists
57Charles Russell Lowell
241Quentin as a Ball-Player
58Sheridan at Cedar Creek
242Four Sheepish Small Boys
59Lieutenant Cushing and the Ram "Albemarle"
243John Burroughs and the Flying Squirrels
60Farragut at Mobile Bay
244Beauty of White House Grounds
61Lincoln
245Quentin and a Beehive
62Volume I
246Quentin and Turner
63Preface
247Quentin and the Pig
64Foreword
248A Presidential Fall
65I. The Spread of the English-Speaking Peoples
249More About Quentin
66II. The French of the Ohio Valley, 1763-1775
250Tribute to Kermit
67III. The Appalachian Confederacies, 1765-1775
251Longing for Home
68IV. The Algonquins of the Northwest, 1769-1774
252The Last Hunt
69V. The Backwoodsmen of the Alleghanies. 1769-1774
253Quentin Grown-Up
70VI. Boon and the Long Hunters; And Their Hunting in No-Man's-Land, 1769-1774
254The Rough Riders
71VII. Sevier, Robertson, and the Watauga Commonwealth, 1769-1774
255I. Raising the Regiment
72VIII. Lord Dunmore's War, 1774
256II. To Cuba
73IX. The Battle of the Great Kanawha; And Logan's Speech, 1774
257III. General Young's Fight at Las Guasimas
74X. Boon and the Settlement of Kentucky, 1775
258IV. The Cavalry at Santiago
75XI. In the Current of the Revolution—the Southern Backwoodsmen Overwhelm the Cherokees, 1776
259V. In the Trenches
76XII. Growth and Civil Organization of Kentucky, 1776
260VI. The Return Home
77Volume II
261Appendix A. Muster-out Roll
78I. The War in the Northwest, 1777-1778
262Appendix B
79II. Clark's Conquest of the Illinois, 1778
263Appendix C. The "Round Robin" Letter
80III. Clark's Campaign Against Vincennes, 1779
264Appendix D. Corrections
81IV. Continuance of the Struggle in Kentucky and the Northwest, 1779-1781
265Foreword
82V. The Moravian Massacre, 1779-1782
266I. A Cougar Hunt on the Rim of the Grand Canyon
83VI. The Administration of the Conquered French Settlements, 1779-1783
267II. Across the Navajo Desert
84VII. Kentucky Until the End of the Revolution, 1782-1783
268III. The Hopi Snake-Dance
85VIII. The Holston Settlements, 1777-1779
269IV. The Ranchland of Argentina and Southern Brazil
86IX. King's Mountain, 1780
270V. A Chilean Rondeo
87X. The Holston Settlements to the End of the Revolution, 1781-83
271VI. Across the Andes and Northern Patagonia
88XI. Robertson Founds the Cumberland Settlement, 1779-1780
272VII. Wild Hunting Companions
89XII. The Cumberland Settlements to the Close of the Revolution, 1781-1783
273VIII. Primitive Man; And the Horse, the Lion, and the Elephant
90XIII. What the Westerners Had Done During the Revolution, 1783
274IX. Books for Holidays in the Open
91Volume III
275X. Bird Reserves at the Mouth of the Mississippi
92Preface
276XI. A Curious Experience
93I. The Inrush of Settlers, 1784-1787
277Appendix A
94II. The Indian Wars, 1784-1787
278Appendix B
95III. The Navigation of the Mississippi; Separatist Movements and Spanish Intrigues, 1784-1788
279I. The Bison or American Buffalo
96IV. The State of Franklin, 1784-1788
280II. The Black Bear
97V. Kentucky's Struggle for Statehood. 1784-1790
281III. Old Ephraim, the Grisly Bear
98VI. The Northwest Territory; Ohio. 1787-1790
282IV. Hunting the Grisly
99VII. The War in the Northwest. 1787-1790
283V. The Cougar
100VIII. The Southwest Territory, 1788-1790
284VI. A Peccary Hunt on the Nueces
101Volume IV
285VII. Hunting With Hounds
102Preface
286VIII. Wolves and Wolf-Hounds
103I. St. Clair's Defeat, 1791
287IX. In Cowboy Land
104II. Mad Anthony Wayne; And the Fight of the Fallen Timbers, 1792-1795
288Prayer for Peace
105III. Tennessee Becomes a State, 1791-1796
289Foreword
106IV. Intrigues and Land Speculations—The Treaties of Jay and Pinckney, 1793-1797
290I. The Duty of Self-Defense and of Good Conduct Toward Others
107V. The Men of the Western Waters, 1798-1802
291II. The Belgian Tragedy
108VI. The Purchase of Louisiana; And Burr's Conspiracy, 1803-1807
292IV. The Causes of the War
109VII. The Explorers of the Far West, 1804-1807 (pt. 1)
293V. How to Strive for World Peace
110VII. The Explorers of the Far West, 1804-1807 (pt. 2)
294III. Unwise Peace Treaties a Menace to Righteousness
111VII. The Explorers of the Far West, 1804-1807 (pt. 3)
295VI. The Peace of Righteousness
112VII. The Explorers of the Far West, 1804-1807 (pt. 4)
296VII. An International Posse Comitatus
113Preface
297VIII. Self-Defense Without Militarism
114I. The Start
298IX. Our Peacemaker, the Navy
115II. Up the Paraguay
299X. Preparedness Against War
116III. A Jaguar-Hunt on the Taquary
300XI. Utopia or Hell?
117IV. The Headwaters of the Paraguay
301XII. Summing Up
118V. Up the River of Tapirs
302Preface
119VI. Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil
303I. Boyhood Recollections
120VII. With a Mule Train Across Nhambiquara Land
304II. Sins of the Fathers
121VIII. The River of Doubt
305III. Overseas
122IX. Down an Unknown River Into the Equatorial Forest
306IV. Training in France
123X. To the Amazon and Home; Zoological and Geographical Results of the Expedition
307V. Life in an Army Area
124Appendix A. The Work of the Field Zoologist and Field Geographer in South America
308VI. Early Days in the Trenches
125Appendix B. The Outfit for Travelling in the South American Wilderness
309VII. Montdidier
126Appendix C. My Letter of May 1 to General Lauro Muller
310VIII. Soissons
127Introduction
311IX. St. Mihiel and the Argonne
128In the Spanish War
312X. The Last Battle
129Youthful Bible Commentators
313XI. Up the Moselle and Into Conquered Germany
130Fine Names for Guinea Pigs
314XII. Afterwards
131A Cougar and Lynx Hunt
315The Strenuous Life
132Dogs That Climb Trees
316The Strenuous Life
133The Pig Named Maude
317Expansion and Peace
134Advice and News
318Fellow-Feeling as Political Factor
135Archie and Quentin
319Character & Success
136Incidents of Home-Coming
320History as Literature
137Uncle Remus and White House Pets
321Biological Analogies in History
138The Dog "Gem"
322The World Movement
139Presidential Nurse for Guinea Pigs
323The Thraldom of Names
140Thanksgiving in the White House
324Productive Scholarship
141A White House Christmas
325Dante and the Bowery
142Tom Quartz and Jack
326The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century
143A Far Western Trip
327The Search for Truth in a Reverent Spirit
144Tame Wild Creatures
328The Ancient Irish Sagas
145Western Customs and Scenery
329An Art Exhibition
146Treasures for the Children
330The Duties of American Citizenship
147More Treasures
331Professionalism in Sports
148A Homesick President
332Practical Work in Politics
149Josiah's Passionate Day
333Resignation Letter
150Loves and Sports of the Children
334Colonel Roosevelt's Reports
151A President at Play
335Strength & Decency
152To Ted on a Hunting Trip
336The Square Deal
153End of Summer at Oyster Bay
337Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
154"Valuablest" Kind of Rabbits
338The Man with the Muck Rake
155A Preaching Letter
339Sons of the Puritans
156Proper Place for Sports
340Where We Can Work With Socialists
157Concerning Getting "Smashed"
341Where We Cannot Work With Socialists
158The Art of Uncle Remus
342Citizenship in a Republic
159A Ride and a Pillow Fight
343International Peace
160Study and Play
344The New Nationalism
161Quentin's First Fall
345Duty & Self-Control
162Homesick for Sagamore Hill
346The Right of the People to Rule
163Joy Over a Football Victory
347I Have Just Been Shot
164Vice-Mother of the Children
348Address to the Boys Progressive League
165Quentin's Sixth Birthday
349Address to the Knights of Columbus
166A President's Poor Protection
350Inaugural Address
167Ted's Sprained Ankle
351First State of the Union Address (3 December 1901)
168The Supreme Christmas Joy
352Second State of the Union Address (2 December 1902)
169A Day With a Juggler
353Third State of the Union Address (7 December 1903)
170Merits of Military and Civil Life
354Fourth State of the Union Address (6 December 1904)
171Root and Taft
355Fifth State of the Union Address (5 December 1905) (pt. 1)
172Senator Hanna's Death
356Fifth State of the Union Address (5 December 1905) (pt. 2)
173Irritating Remark by Quentin
357Sixth State of the Union Address (3 December 1906) (pt. 1)
174Japanese Wrestling
358Sixth State of the Union Address (3 December 1906) (pt. 2)
175Love for the White House
359Seventh State of the Union Address (3 December 1907) (pt. 1)
176Peter Rabbit's Funeral
360Seventh State of the Union Address (3 December 1907) (pt. 2)
177Charms of Valley Forge
361Eighth State of the Union Address (8 December 1908)
178Washington's Companions at Valley Forge
362Presidential Messages
179On the Eve of Nomination for President
363Proclamations
180Picture Letter
364Executive Orders
181Bill the Lizard
365Analysis
182On the Eve of Election
366Reflection
183Big Jim White
367Memorable Quotes
184Winter Life in the White House
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