John A. Gable examines three titles in the “Book Reviews” section, encompassing a work on leadership, a study of the two branches of the Roosevelt family, and a collection of wartime letters. Gable notes that James M. Strock’s Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership should be considered a management book, but he believes that its study of Theodore Roosevelt’s philosophy of life gives it wide appeal. Gable highlights the feud between the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York, branches of the Roosevelt family in his review of The Three Roosevelts, and he stresses the main points of the book: that Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt represented a progressive front over a century of American history and that Theodore Roosevelt was more progressive than conservative. In his glowing review of Andrew Carroll’s War Letters, Gable highlights a letter written by Theodore Roosevelt after the death of his son Quentin Roosevelt, and he notes the contributions of historian Douglas Brinkley to the book.
In her review of A Tale of Two Teddies, Linda E. Milano emphasizes that this children’s book does not tell the familiar tale of Theodore Roosevelt’s bear hunt, but rather looks at the competition among the earliest makers of the teddy bear. A photograph of Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and two text boxes with information about the Theodore Roosevelt Association appear in the section,
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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
