Bear attacks

Theodore Roosevelt, dressed in his slightly shredded Rough Rider’s uniform and clutching a “big stick,” flees from a rampant bear.

The postcard is addressed to Leon Meacham, a young boy living in Richford, New York.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1908

Handwritten draft that was published as chapters three and four of Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1893

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919