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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 the Life of Theodore Roosevelt from 1858 to 1904 302
ILLUSTRATIONS
COLONEL ROOSEVELT AT SAN JUAN HILL Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S BIRTHPLACE 2
HOUSE IN WHICH THEODORE ROOSEVELT ROOMED WHILE AT HARVARD 14
THEODORE ROOSEVELT AT GRADUATION, 1880 20
MISS ALICE LEE ROOSEVELT 36
EDITH KERMIT ROOSEVELT 66
THEODORE ROOSEVELT AS A ROUGH RIDER 118
COLONEL ROOSEVELT AT MONTAUK POINT 176
THE ROOSEVELT HOMESTEAD AT OYSTER BAY 192
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 202
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY AND VICE-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 216
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT HIS DESK 252
THE WHITE HOUSE, SHOWING NEW OFFICES 270
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND CABINET, 1903 276
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKING AT THE UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF GENERAL SHERMAN 284
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND HIS FAMILY 292
AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT
CHAPTER I
BIRTHPLACE AND ANCESTRY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT--HIS FATHER'S PHILANTHROPY--CITY AND COUNTRY HOME--DAYS AT SCHOOL--RELIGIOUS TRAINING
"Our country calls not for the life of ease, but for the life