Forgotten Fragments (#22): An introduction to “The misunderstood asthma of Theodore Roosevelt”
Subject(s): Asthma in children--Patients, Biographers, McCullough, David G., Presidents--Biography, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Tweed Roosevelt reveals the genesis of his project with Carlos Camargo to study Theodore Roosevelt’s struggle with asthma as a child. Roosevelt writes that he was skeptical of David G. McCullough’s assertion that Roosevelt’s condition was psychosomatic and designed to keep him from attending Sunday church services. Roosevelt and Camargo found that Theodore Roosevelt never shirked church attendance, and they also note that, despite his assertions, Theodore Roosevelt did not cure himself of his asthma by his vigorous exercise regimen and living a strenuous life.
A photograph of Tweed Roosevelt and the front cover of McCullough’s biography, Mornings on Horseback, accompany the essay.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
2017
Creator(s)
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Forgotten Fragments (#22): An introduction to “The misunderstood asthma of Theodore Roosevelt”. [2017]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308686. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Tweed. Forgotten Fragments (#22): An introduction to “The misunderstood asthma of Theodore Roosevelt”. [2017]. Image.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 7, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308686.
APA:
Roosevelt, Tweed., [2017]. Forgotten Fragments (#22): An introduction to “The misunderstood asthma of Theodore Roosevelt”.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308686.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 7, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
