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American Experience: TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt

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Easily my favorite in the American Experience presidential series, this biography of Theodore Roosevelt is informative, enlightening, challenging, touching, and even inspirational. Narrated with gusto by the late TR buff, Jason Robards, and featuring interviews with noted Roosevelt historians and key family members, this is an exciting journey through the life of the first modern American president.

At no point in covering TR's life is there necessity to spice things up or add color. His story is a dizzying, wild ride that parallels the expansion of the nation, its influence, and its lifestyles from the Gilded Age of the Second Industrial Revloution to the War to End All Wars. Roosevelt was a precocious asthmatic child with insatiable curiosity and a love of taxidermy; a boxer at Harvard; a state legislator; rancher; sheriff; nationally respected naval historian; big game hunter and authoritative ornitholgist; a reformist New York City police commissioner; the Assistant Secretary of the Navy; a heroic volunteer colonel in the Spanish American War; Governor of New York; Vice President; and (upon the assassination of William McKinley) the youngest man ever to become President. All before his 43rd birthday!

You owe it to yourself to view this film and learn from the life of this incredible human being who was described as "a steam engine in trousers." He was a bit eccentric at times but he was NEVER boring. His life is certainly motivation to take life by the horns and live it to the fullest.

I'm a big fan of the whole AMERICAN EXPERIENCE series and an avid TR fan. I consider this a great history video. Very informative and entertaining.

I purchased these DVDs to learn more about each of the president's domestic and social policies. The ones that I have watched so far have been excellent and it has given me a better understanding of their personal character. It shows how their visions of the country is based on the presidents background and how Congress (especially the Southern Democrats) stymied passage of important Presidential legislation which could have had major and positive impact in race relations sooner and other important issues that affect us all.

TR is interesting especially after having watched FDR and then Eleanor Roosevelt. For a Republican, TR was very progressive and you can understand why FDR and Eleanor respected him.

This documentary is superb in bringing the story of Theodore Roosevelt to life. It covers TR from birth to death and does much to not only document his life, but to explain why he became to powerful figure he did. Exceptional.

This DVD is very interesting. Story is beautifully told. Didnt know how much film there was of TR

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The man who said "Speak softly and carry a big stick" was a Rough Rider in the Spanish-American War. Teddy Roosevelt broadened executive power and pursued an aggressive foreign policy. He began the Panama Canal. Sickly as a child, ranching in South Dakota restored his health and taught him respect for natural resources. He designated 5 National Parks, 18 National Monuments and 150 National Forests. His likeness is carved into Mount Rushmore.