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THE FIRST TWO BOOKS IN FIVE MINUTE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU. LET'S SKIP THE FIRST TWO AND GO TO COLONEL ROOSEVELT. >> COLONEL ROOSEVELT
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IS THE STORY OF HIS POST PRESIDENTIAL LIFE UNTIL 1919. THE YOUNGEST EX PRESIDENT WE EVER HAD AND A PERIOD OF EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE AND CUMULATIVELY...
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HIMSELF AFTER RELIEVING THE WHITE HOUSE AS AN EX-PRESIDENT AND POLITICAL POWER BROKER. >> THAT
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IS THE STORY OF THE BOOK. HE GAVE UP THE PRESIDENCY IN 1908 WHEN HE COULD HAVE HAD A THIRD TERM IF HE WANTED ON A SILVER PLATTER. BUT HE DECIDED TWO...
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TEDDY ROOSEVELT OR THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE MOST FORMIDABLE DISASTER THAT HAS THE FALL IN THE COUNTRY SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. WHAT MADE HIM SAY THAT? >>...
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DONNAS. THEY WERE AND TECH IN THE SENSE THAT MARK TWAIN WAS ANTI IMPERIALISTS LIBERAL AND TEDDY ROOSEVELT WAS AND IMPERIALISTS CONSERVATIVE. EVEN IF...
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS TO THE AUDIENCE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR BOOK COLONEL ROOSEVELT? >> WHAT WILL
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SURPRISE MOST PEOPLE IS WHAT AN INTELLECTUAL HE WAS. ALTHOUGH HE WAS EXTRAORDINARILY GIFTED POLITICIAN HE WAS ALSO AN INTELLECTUAL WHO WROTE 40 BOOKS....
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ALMOST LIKE A HOMECOMING FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WORKED FOR A TIME IN THE SMITHSONIAN BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND US. >> AMAZING YOU SHOULD
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CHOOSE THIS LOCATION. I HAD A STUDY OF VERY 1993. THOSE WINDOWS AT THE TOP. I WAS A FELLOW AT THE WILSON CENTER WHERE I BEGAN MY BOOK THEODORE RACKS....
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BACK? >>
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MIXED FEELINGS. I LIVED IN WASHINGTON 20 YEARS AND WROTE BOTH MY MAJOR BOOKS HERE. I FEEL NOSTALGIA WHEN I COME BACK BUT AS A NEW YORKER BORN AND BRED...
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WRITE ABOUT THE ROOSEVELT? >> I REALLY DON'T
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KNOW. THERE WAS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARILY HYPNOTIC ABOUT HIM. I FELT HIS MAGNETISM. THE COMPLEXITY OF HIS CHARACTER AND THE LITERARY SIDE. HIS DRAMATIC...
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THE ROOSEVELT HAS FOR CURRENT POLITICIANS OR ANYONE THINKING OF GETTING INTO AMERICAN POLITICS? >> THE SIMPLEST MESSAGE
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IS HE PRACTICED WHAT HE PREACHED AND DID WHAT HE PROMISED. HE WAS WHAT HE WAS. HE WAS AN AUTHENTIC PERSON. SO MANY IF NOT A GREAT MAJORITY OF OUR...
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THE BOOK IS COLONEL ROOSEVELT. WE ARE SPEAKING WITH EDMUND MORRIS. YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE, BookTV.ORG. >> Host: THANK YOU AT
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THE NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL. YOU CAN
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