Theodore Roosevelt: Difference between revisions

* [[The Woobie]]: If you read what he had to go through, you will feel bad for him. In any given book about him, there isn't a chapter where something horrible doesn't happen to him or reveals some tragic aspect or shame. Life really had it in for the guy, but he not only prevailed in spite of it, he became mighty. Not that you would know his trouble from his autobiography. In combination with the Edmund Morris Trilogy, you get the impression that the guy was an emotional trainwreck who suppressed every single traumatic event in order to stay, if not sane, then at least functional.

** Theodore Roosevelt was a real-life example of [[Conan the Barbarian|the Riddle of Steel]].

* T.R. was played by [[Robin Williams]] in the [[Ben Stiller]] vehicle ''[[Night at the Museum]]'' and its sequel.

** A less-celebrated fact of T.R.'s life is that he reformed the New York Police Department. Which is why his statue is in the Natural History Museum there.