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strong religious convictions and a member of
the Dutch Reformed Church. It is seldom that he is given to preaching,
but when he does his words have a sincerity that proves much for the
foundation of his character. He stands for what is honest and upright in

political and private life, and although, being but human, he may make
mistakes, he remains a Chief Magistrate well deserving the highest
honors our nation can bestow.
EDWARD STRATEMEYER. MAY 2, 1904.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE Birthplace and Ancestry of Theodore Roosevelt--His Father's
Philanthropy--City and Country Home--Days at School--Religious
Training. 1
CHAPTER II
Nicknamed Teddy--Goes to Harvard College--Member of Many
Clubs--Death of Mr. Roosevelt--Anecdotes of College Life 11
CHAPTER III
Marries Miss Alice Lee--Travels in Europe--Bold Mountain
Climbing--Elected to the Assembly--Personal Encounter with the
Enemy 20
CHAPTER IV
Theodore Roosevelt and Governor Cleveland--Good Work as an
Assemblyman--Some Measures pushed through--Birth of Alice
Roosevelt--Death of Mr. Roosevelt's Mother 30
CHAPTER V
Theodore Roosevelt as a Ranchman and Hunter in the Bad
Lands--Bringing down his First Buffalo--Rattlesnakes and a Wild
Goose 39

CHAPTER VI
Grouse and Other Small Game--The Scotchman and the Skunk--Caught
in a Hailstorm on the Prairie--Bringing down Black-tail Deer 49
CHAPTER VII
Runs for Mayor of New York City--Marriage to Edith Kermit
Carew--Hunting in the Bighorn Mountains--A Wild Chase after Three
Elk 63
CHAPTER VIII
Bringing down a Grizzly Bear--Back to New York--Appointed a Civil
Service Commissioner--The Work of the Commission 74
CHAPTER IX
A Trip to the Shoshone Mountains--Caught in a Driving
Snowstorm--Back to Work--Resignation as Civil Service
Commissioner 85
CHAPTER X
Appointed Police Commissioner of New York City--Corruptness of the
Department--Strenuous Endeavors to make Matters Better--A "Dry"
Sunday--Enforcing the Tenement House Law and Other Measures 94
CHAPTER XI
Appointed First Assistant Secretary of the Navy--The Condition of
Affairs in Cuba--Preparing for War--Theodore Roosevelt's Resolve 104
CHAPTER XII
Destruction of the Maine--Dewey's Victory--Theodore Roosevelt
becomes a Soldier--Organizing the Rough Riders--Various Men in the

Command 112
CHAPTER XIII
In Camp at Tampa--To Port Tampa in Coal Cars--Theodore Roosevelt's
Quick Move to obtain a Transport--The Wait in the Harbor--Off for
Cuba at Last 122
CHAPTER XIV
Life on the Transport--The Landing at Daiquiri--The March to
Siboney--The Trail through the Jungle--The Skirmish at La Guasima
132
CHAPTER XV
Along the Jungle Trail--Fording the River--Opening of the Battle of
San Juan Hill--Bravery of the Rough Riders--Personal Experiences of
Theodore Roosevelt during the Battle 142
CHAPTER XVI
Results of the Fight--Life in the Trenches--The Spanish Fleet in
Santiago Harbor--Another Great Naval Victory--The Rough Riders and
the Spanish Guerillas 154
CHAPTER XVII
Devotion of the Rough Riders to Theodore Roosevelt--His Kindness to
his Men--Last of the Fighting--The Truce and Treaty of Peace 163
CHAPTER XVIII
Last Days in Cuba--The Departure for Home--Arrival at
Montauk--Caring for the Sick and Wounded--Presentation to Theodore
Roosevelt by his Men--Mustering out of the Rough Riders 171

CHAPTER XIX
Nominated for Governor of New York--A Rough Rider Way of
Campaigning--Elected Governor--Important Work at Albany--The
Homestead at Oyster Bay--Chopping down a Tree for Exercise 183
CHAPTER XX
Great Reception to Admiral Dewey--Governor Roosevelt's Increased
Popularity--Last Annual Message as Governor--Visit to
Chicago--Remarkable Speech on the Strenuous Life 193
CHAPTER XXI
The Convention at Philadelphia--Theodore Roosevelt seconds the
Nomination of William McKinley--Becomes Candidate for the
Vice-Presidency--Remarkable Tours through Many States 203
CHAPTER XXII
Elected Vice-President of the United States--Presides over the
Senate--Tax upon Theodore Roosevelt's Strength--Starts on Another
Grand Hunting Tour 214
CHAPTER XXIII
The Roosevelt Family in the Adirondacks--The Pan-American
Exposition at Buffalo--Shooting of President McKinley--The
Vice-President's Visit--Death of the President 223
CHAPTER XXIV
Theodore Roosevelt's Tramp up Mount Marcy--A Message of
Importance--Wild Midnight Ride through the Mountains--On the
Special Trains from North Creek to Buffalo 233
CHAPTER XXV

Takes the Oath as President--The New Chief Magistrate at the Funeral
of President McKinley--At the White House--How the First Real
Working Day was Spent 241
CHAPTER XXVI
Continuing the Work begun by President McKinley--The Panama
Canal Agitation--Visit of Prince Henry of Prussia--The President at the
Charleston Exposition 251
CHAPTER XXVII
Destruction at St. Pierre--American Aid--The Great Coal
Strike--President Roosevelt ends the Difficulty--Tour through New
England--The Trolley Accident in the Berkshires--A Providential
Escape from Death 260
CHAPTER XXVIII
New Offices at the White House--Sends a Wireless Message to King
Edward of England--End of the Trouble in Venezuela--The Canadian
Boundary Dispute--Beginning of a Trip to the West--In Yellowstone
Park 269
CHAPTER XXIX
Dedication of the Fair Buildings at St. Louis--Continuation of the Trip
to San Francisco--Up in the Far Northwest--Back in Washington--The
Post-office Scandals--The New Republic of Panama--A Canal at
Last--Proclamation regarding the War between Japan and
Russia--Opening of the Great Fair 277
CHAPTER XXX
Personal Characteristics of Theodore Roosevelt--The President's
Family--Life at the White House--Our Country and its Future 289

APPENDIX
A. Brief Extracts from Famous Addresses delivered by Theodore
Roosevelt 297
B. List of Theodore Roosevelt's Writings 300
C. Chronology of