Hayhurst, Jeffrey K.

Report on the annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) held in San Antonio, Texas, October 30-31, 1998. The report covers the dinner, speakers, tours, TRA elections, and the conferring of TRA awards. The report highlights the presentation of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal and the TRA Junior Officer of the Year Award, and it details changes made to the governance of the TRA, including the creation of an Advisory Board and changes to the terms and expectations of members of the Board of Trustees. Eight photographs from the meeting populate the text, including five of President George Bush, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1999

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.