Children's books

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-05-29

Creator(s)

Corrie, J. E. (Jessie Elizabeth), 1855-

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

The children’s Christmas book titled A Visit from Saint Nicholas tells the story of Saint Nicholas, or Santa Claus, and his visit to a family’s home on the night before Christmas. The story would later be known as The Night Before Christmas.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1862

Creator(s)

Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863

Lawrence F. Abbott responds to a letter to the editor from President Roosevelt in The Outlook. Abbott argues  that he believes in facts in regards to nature as opposed to John Burroughs and William J. Long, and he is pleased Roosevelt agrees. He concludes the note by explaining that his son was just born.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-06

Creator(s)

Abbott, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Fraser), 1859-1933

Four titles, two books for children and two for adults, come under scrutiny in this edition of the “Book Reviews” section. Linda E. Milano praises Cheryl Harness’s biography Young Teddy Roosevelt, especially its illustrations, and she finds that A Christmas Tree in the White House, though fiction, still teaches important lessons about conservation. Randall Holdridge highlights the five journeys undertaken by Louis Abernathy and Temple Abernathy, the sons of John R. Abernathy, a friend of Theodore Roosevelt and United States Marshal for Oklahoma. Holdridge asserts that Bud & Me: The True Adventures of the Abernathy Boys demonstrates the inspirational value of Roosevelt’s character. 

 

Grace Frisone says that The Birth of American Imperialism does not break much new ground, but that it does acknowledge the importance of Roosevelt to turn of the twentieth-century American foreign policy. Frisone also says that this work, written in Italian, brings a European perspective to the study of American history. A photograph from the 1998 annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association appears in the section.