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William N. Tilchin provides an introduction to Theodore Roosevelt’s 1915 study America and the World War. Tilchin notes that this issue features the foreword and three chapters from the work, and Tilchin also provides seven brief excerpts from the foreword and the chapters which touch on subjects such as preparedness, the navy, and national honor. The title page of the book illustrates the essay.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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2018

Richard (Rick) Marschall examines a famous political cartoon from 1884 that features one of the earliest depictions of Theodore Roosevelt. Marschall focuses on Bernhard Gillam’s Phryne Before the Chicago Tribunal which depicts various leaders of the Republican Party pondering the political fate of James Gillespie Blaine, the eventual Republican nominee in the 1884 presidential contest. Marschall chronicles the highs and lows of Roosevelt’s life in 1884, and he identifies many of the prominent Republicans depicted in the cartoon which is based on the French painting Phryne Before the Areopagus. The political cartoon supplements the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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2018

Duane G. Jundt praises Michael R. Canfield for providing context for the development of Theodore Roosevelt as a naturalist and for a nuanced discussion of his hunting in Theodore Roosevelt in the Field. Jundt also praises Canfield for his exhaustive research and for his frequent use of examples from Roosevelt’s journals and notebooks to illustrate his work. Jundt indicates that the book plows familiar ground, and he faults Canfield for not providing maps to Roosevelt’s many outdoor adventures and for not discussing the importance of eyeglasses to Roosevelt’s development as a naturalist.

Five excerpts from Roosevelt’s natural history notebooks and journals, a photograph of Roosevelt, a letter, and the front cover of Canfield’s book populate the review. A text box with the mission statement of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears at the end of the essay.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Brief report on the 2017 annual meeting and dinner of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in New York City which describes the venues, symposium speakers, and the four TRA awards conferred at the annual dinner. Fifteen photographs accompany the text which is followed by an eleven page photo album of sixty-six color photographs of the various speakers, award winners, guests, and leadership of the TRA.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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2018

The front cover of Theodore Roosevelt’s 1915 book America and the World War appears on the front cover of this issue and a photograph of Roosevelt sitting in a chair in front of the piazza at Sagamore Hill appears on the back cover.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1918

Gregory A. Wynn writes that his criticisms of Michael Cullinane’s Theodore Roosevelt’s Ghost: The History and Memory of an American Icon amount to “merely quibbles,” and he states that it is thoroughly researched and well-written. Wynn highlights the work of Kathleen Dalton, Henry F. Pringle, and John A. Gable in his review, and he describes the wide ranging topics addressed by Cullinane, including the work of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in safeguarding the memory of Theodore Roosevelt. Wynn notes that Cullinane’s work should serve as an inspiration to members of the TRA to continue the organization’s work.

Two photographs, including one of Cullinane, supplement the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Gregory A. Wynn interviews the author of Theodore Roosevelt’s Ghost, Michael Patrick Cullinane. Cullinane describes his book as a work of historiography, and he addresses issues such as the efforts to memorialize Theodore Roosevelt that failed in the immediate years after his death. Cullinane also touches on the evolving reputation of American presidents, and he highlights the importance of the work of historians Henry F. Pringle and Elting Elmore Morison. Cullinane recommends that the Theodore Roosevelt Association continue to spend money on projects that further research on Roosevelt. A photograph of Wynn, Cullinane, and Tweed Roosevelt accompanies the text of the interview.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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2018

The Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal (TRAJ) presents five letters written by Theodore Roosevelt in 1894-1895 to Captain George S. Anderson, the superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. In the letters, Roosevelt asks Anderson to write an essay about game protection in Yellowstone for a volume to be published by the Boone and Crockett Club. Roosevelt also discusses the prospects of passing a bill to protect the wildlife of the park; notes the capture of the buffalo poacher Edgar Howell; and informs Anderson that the Boone and Crockett Club would like to reimburse him for his expenses incurred in arresting Howell.

TRAJ editor William N. Tilchin provides an introduction to the letters which are supplemented by a letter from Colleen E. Curry of Yellowstone National Park and by five notes written by Anderson about the letters from Roosevelt. A photograph of Roosevelt in Yellowstone in 1903 accompanies Tilchin’s introduction.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Susan Sarna describes the poor state of Theodore Roosevelt’s health in the last year of his life, and she also details how the sculptor James Earle Fraser created plaster casts of Roosevelt’s face and right hand after his death to serve as molds for future bronze versions of the casts. Two photographs of the plaster face cast, two of the right hand plaster cast, and a photograph of the bronze cast of Roosevelt’s face illustrate the essay.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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2018

Douglas Eden dismisses Stephen Kinzer’s The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of the American Empire as a piece of polemical journalism that should not be taken seriously as a work of history. Eden asserts that the work will appeal to certain segments of the academy and media, and he highlights episodes from the early years of the Cold War to demonstrate the author’s bias and lack of understanding of key events of that era, such as the start of the Korean War. Eden also notes that despite appearing in the book’s title, Mark Twain does not figure prominently in the work. The front cover of the The True Flag and one of its photographs supplement the review.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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2018

In his review of the historical novel When Teddy Came to Town, Dave Friedrichs notes that the author, Tyler R. Tichelaar, combines fictional characters with real persons to tell the story of the 1913 trial held in Marquette, Michigan, that resulted from Theodore Roosevelt’s lawsuit against a local newspaper editor, George A. Newett. Friedrichs applauds Tichelaar for making extensive use of local history records, and he recommends the novel as “an engaging read.” Two photographs and the book’s front cover illustrate the review.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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2018

This issue’s front cover features the cover to Michael Patrick Cullinane’s 2017 book Theodore Roosevelt’s Ghost while a photograph of President Theodore Roosevelt in Yellowstone National Park in 1903 appears on the back cover.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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2017

Gregory A. Wynn introduces ten previously unknown and unpublished letters from Theodore Roosevelt to his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles. Wynn recounts that the letters had been donated to the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) before they were made a part of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University. Six of the letters date from 1885 and reveal aspects of Roosevelt’s life in the Dakota Badlands and four date from the 1890s when Roosevelt served as a United States Civil Service Commissioner. Wynn provides commentary on Cowles, noting her prominent role in the Roosevelt family, including caring for an infant Alice Roosevelt Longworth. A photograph of the Elkhorn Ranch house and two photographs of Cowles supplement the essay.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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2019

In his review of Theodore Roosevelt: A Literary Life, Joseph R. Ornig highlights the remarkable number of books written by and about Theodore Roosevelt, and he finds that the latest entry, a literary biography penned by Thomas Bailey and Katherine Joslin, fills a niche and reminds readers of Roosevelt’s impressive intellectual range. Ornig reviews the few other works that have addressed this topic, including his own, and he provides an overview of the careers of Bailey and Joslin. Ornig concludes his essay by reviewing the wide range of works produced by Roosevelt in the course of his writing career.

Four illustrations supplement the text, including a photograph of Roosevelt and the front cover of Theodore Roosevelt: A Literary Life.

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Susan Sarna recounts the formation of a young Theodore Roosevelt as a naturalist, highlighting his enjoyment of books by Mayne Reid, his first gun, and the revelation he experienced when he was fitted for eyeglasses. Sarna notes Roosevelt’s taxidermy work and his overseas trip of 1872-1873 which gave him field experience in preparing bird skins. Photographs of Roosevelt’s first gun, examples of Reid’s books, two birds mounted by Roosevelt, and an excerpt from a bird guide accompany the text.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2019

In an e-mail interview with Gregory A. Wynn of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), Darrin P. Lunde, author of The Naturalist: Theodore Roosevelt, a Lifetime of Exploration, and the Triumph of American Natural History, admits that he came to study and write about Theodore Roosevelt while contemplating his own career as a museum naturalist. Lunde realized that he and Roosevelt had a similar preoccupation with natural history stretching back to their youths. Lunde explains and defends Roosevelt’s hunting record, praises his powers of observation, and highlight’s Roosevelt’s contributions to conservation.

The front cover of The Naturalist and a photograph of Lunde with Tweed Roosevelt supplement the text of the interview. A text box with the mission statement of the TRA appears on the last page of the interview.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

William N. Tilchin discusses the significance of Edmund Morris’s three volume biography of Theodore Roosevelt on the heels of Morris’s death in May 2019. Tilchin cites a letter to him from John A. Gable, a former Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in which Gable claims that Morris’s The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt completely upended Roosevelt’s historical standing. Tilchin also quotes from Roosevelt’s address to the American Historical Association in 1912, and he asserts that Morris’s work meets Roosevelt’s challenge that good history should be well written and considered as literature. Tilchin’s essay serves as an introduction to a chapter from Morris’s second volume, Theodore Rex.

The covers of all three volumes of the Roosevelt trilogy join a photograph of Morris with Tweed Roosevelt, and an excerpt from Gable’s letter to Tilchin in illustrating the essay.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Report on the 2018 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in New York City. The report lists the various speakers at the symposium and dinner, and recognizes the winners of various TRA sponsored awards, including a book award, public speaking contest, and a special award to comedian Conan O’Brien. Thirteen photographs and two illustrations accompany the text which is followed by a thirteen page photo album of seventy-eight color photographs of the various speakers, guests, and dignitaries at the meeting and dinner.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2019

An undated photograph of Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, appears on the front cover of this issue while the back cover features a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt in the Dakota Badlands standing next to his horse Manitou.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

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1885-1889

Michael F. Moran chronicles the Strenuous Life Adventure trip to South Dakota, Wyoming, and North Dakota undertaken by members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) in September 2018. Moran notes the many sites connected to Theodore Roosevelt visited by the group, including Jewel Cave and Devils Tower National Monument, and Wind Cave and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Moran provides details about the group’s visits to each of these sites along with its stop at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Moran notes Roosevelt’s friendship with Seth Bullock and highlights Fritz R. Gordner’s climb of Devils Tower.

The text is supplemented with thirteen color photographs and is followed by a nine page photo gallery of fifty-four color photographs.

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal