Book notes
Subject(s): Arizona--Grand Canyon, Baldwin, Simeon E. (Simeon Eben), 1840-1927, Blum, John Morton, 1921-2011, Burroughs, John, 1837-1921, Dalton, Kathleen (Kathleen M.), Discovery and exploration, American, Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815, Goetsch, Charles C., Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931, Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, Mississippi River, Muir, John, 1838-1914, Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902, Presidents--Evaluation, Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958, Psychohistory, Roosevelt, Lydia Sellon Latrobe, 1791-1878, Roosevelt, Nicholas J., 1767-1854, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Schullery, Paul, Steamboats, United States--Yellowstone National Park, Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900
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Five book reviews on six different books comprise this edition of the “Book Notes” column. In his review, Richard H. Collins focuses on Kathleen Dalton’s contribution to Robert J. Brugger’s Our Selves/Our Past, Psychological Approaches to American History. Dalton embraces a psychohistory approach to understanding Theodore Roosevelt, emphasizing his commitment to overcoming his childhood asthma and living the strenuous life. Collins argues that this approach is misguided and ignores Roosevelt’s class and his formidable intellect. Patrick C. Gable commends John Morton Blum for his appraisal of Roosevelt in The Progressive Presidents, but he faults him for blaming Roosevelt for the misdeeds and excesses of his Democratic successors.
Peter R. Fischer finds Charles C. Goetsch’s Essays on Simeon E. Baldwin “a worthwhile collection,” but he thinks the confrontation between Roosevelt and Baldwin over a federal labor law may not merit the importance that Goetsch assigns it. Elizabeth E. Roosevelt praises Mary Helen Dohan’s Mr. Roosevelt’s Steamboat for its depictions of life along the Mississippi River and for not overlooking the contributions of Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt to her husband’s success. Dennis Wood reviews Paul Schullery’s The Grand Canyon and Old Yellowstone Days. Theodore Roosevelt has an essay in each of these collections of writings about iconic American landscapes.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1982
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
8
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Record Type
Image
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Book notes. [December 11, 1982]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o306042. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Collin, Richard H.; Gable, Patrick C.; Fisher, Peter R. (Peter Rowe), 1933-1985; Roosevelt, Elizabeth E.; Wood, Dennis. Book notes. [11 Dec. 1982]. Image.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o306042.
APA:
Collin, Richard H.; Gable, Patrick C.; Fisher, Peter R. (Peter Rowe), 1933-1985; Roosevelt, Elizabeth E.; Wood, Dennis., [1982, December 11]. Book notes.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o306042.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
