The Strenuous Life

    The Strenuous Life

    Essays and Addresses

    By Theodore Roosevelt

    $5.00

    Publication Date: 23rd April 2009

    Politician, soldier, naturalist, and historian — a century after the peak of his multifaceted career, Theodore Roosevelt remains a towering symbol of American optimism and progress. This collection of speeches and commentaries from 1899 through 1901 embodies the Rough Rider's enduring ideals for attaining a robust political, social, and personal life.
    The 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) served as Chief Executive from 1901 to 1909 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt wrote 35 books and deliver... Read More
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    Politician, soldier, naturalist, and historian — a century after the peak of his multifaceted career, Theodore Roosevelt remains a towering symbol of American optimism and progress. This collection of speeches and commentaries from 1899 through 1901 embodies the Rough Rider's enduring ideals for attaining a robust political, social, and personal life.
    The 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) served as Chief Executive from 1901 to 1909 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt wrote 35 books and deliver... Read More
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    Politician, soldier, naturalist, and historian — a century after the peak of his multifaceted career, Theodore Roosevelt remains a towering symbol of American optimism and progress. This collection of speeches and commentaries from 1899 through 1901 embodies the Rough Rider's enduring ideals for attaining a robust political, social, and personal life.
    The 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) served as Chief Executive from 1901 to 1909 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt wrote 35 books and delivered numerous lectures on topics ranging from citizenship and success to duty and sportsmanship. His 1899 address to a Chicago audience, "The Strenuous Life," articulates his belief in the transformative powers that individuals can achieve by overcoming hardship. Along with the other speeches and essays in this collection, Roosevelt's work offers an inspiring vision of moral rectitude and stalwart leadership.

    Reprint of the Review of Reviews Company, New York, 1910 edition.
    Details
    • Price: $5.00
    • Pages: 160
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: American History
    • Publication Date: 23rd April 2009
    • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
    • ISBN: 9780486472294
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Speeches
    Author Bio
    The 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) served as Chief Executive from 1901 to 1909. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, Roosevelt was the author of 35 books.
    Table of Contents
    The Strenuous Life
    Expansion and Peace
    Latitude and Longitude among Reformers
    Fellow-feeling as a Political Factor
    Civic Helpfulness
    Character and Success
    The Eighth and Ninth Commandments in Politics
    The Best and the Good
    Promise and Performance
    The American Boy
    Military Preparedness and Unpreparedness
    Admiral Dewey
    Grant
    The Two Americas
    Manhood and Statehood
    Brotherhood and the Heroic Virtues
    National Duties
    The Labor Question
    Christian Citizenship
    Politician, soldier, naturalist, and historian — a century after the peak of his multifaceted career, Theodore Roosevelt remains a towering symbol of American optimism and progress. This collection of speeches and commentaries from 1899 through 1901 embodies the Rough Rider's enduring ideals for attaining a robust political, social, and personal life.
    The 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) served as Chief Executive from 1901 to 1909 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt wrote 35 books and delivered numerous lectures on topics ranging from citizenship and success to duty and sportsmanship. His 1899 address to a Chicago audience, "The Strenuous Life," articulates his belief in the transformative powers that individuals can achieve by overcoming hardship. Along with the other speeches and essays in this collection, Roosevelt's work offers an inspiring vision of moral rectitude and stalwart leadership.

    Reprint of the Review of Reviews Company, New York, 1910 edition.
    • Price: $5.00
    • Pages: 160
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: American History
    • Publication Date: 23rd April 2009
    • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
    • ISBN: 9780486472294
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Speeches
    The 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) served as Chief Executive from 1901 to 1909. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1906 for his mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, Roosevelt was the author of 35 books.
    The Strenuous Life
    Expansion and Peace
    Latitude and Longitude among Reformers
    Fellow-feeling as a Political Factor
    Civic Helpfulness
    Character and Success
    The Eighth and Ninth Commandments in Politics
    The Best and the Good
    Promise and Performance
    The American Boy
    Military Preparedness and Unpreparedness
    Admiral Dewey
    Grant
    The Two Americas
    Manhood and Statehood
    Brotherhood and the Heroic Virtues
    National Duties
    The Labor Question
    Christian Citizenship