AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE
OF
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
EDWARD STRATEMEYER'S BOOKS
Old Glory Series
Six Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25.
UNDER DEWEY AT MANILA.
A YOUNG VOLUNTEER IN CUBA.
FIGHTING IN CUBAN WATERS.
UNDER OTIS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE CAMPAIGN OF THE JUNGLE.
UNDER MacARTHUR IN LUZON.
Stratemeyer Popular Series
Ten Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.00.
THE LAST CRUISE OF THE SPITFIRE.
REUBEN STONE'S DISCOVERY.
TRUE TO HIMSELF.
RICHARD DARE'S VENTURE.
OLIVER BRIGHT'S SEARCH.
TO ALASKA FOR GOLD.
THE YOUNG AUCTIONEER.
BOUND TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN.
SHORTHAND TOM, THE REPORTER.
FIGHTING FOR HIS OWN.
War and Adventure Stories
Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25.
ON TO PEKIN.
BETWEEN BOER AND BRITON.
American Boys' Biographical Series
Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25.
AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY.
AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Colonial Series
Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25.
WITH WASHINGTON IN THE WEST.
MARCHING ON NIAGARA.
AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL.
ON THE TRAIL OF PONTIAC.
Pan-American Series
Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25.
LOST ON THE ORINOCO.
THE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERS.
YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE ISTHMUS.
YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE AMAZON.
Great American Industries Series
Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.00, net.
TWO YOUNG LUMBERMEN.
JOE, THE SURVEYOR. Price, $1.00.
LARRY, THE WANDERER. Price, $1.00.
Colonel Roosevelt at San Juan Hill
AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE
OF
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
BY
EDWARD STRATEMEYER
AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY,"
"WITH WASHINGTON IN THE WEST," "OLD GLORY
SERIES," "PAN-AMERICAN SERIES," "SHIP
AND SHORE SERIES," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND WITH
FRONTISPIECE BY CHARLES COPELAND
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD
1904
Published, August, 1904.
Copyright, 1904, by Lee And Shepard.
All Rights Reserved.
American Boys' Life of Theodore Roosevelt.
Norwood Press
J.S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
PREFACE
The life of Theodore Roosevelt is one well worth studying by anyAmerican boy who wishes to make something of himself and mount high onthe ladder of success.
The twenty-sixth President of our country is a fine type of the trueAmerican of to-day, full of vim and vigo