Theodore Roosevelt’s reputation as a bull moose didn’t exempt him from the emotional desolation of losing a family member—and he lost several. First the death of his father, then his mother and first wife on the same day, followed by his brother, and finally his favorite son, Quentin, in World War I. Erin explores how each death affected Roosevelt’s state of mind, sometimes in surprising ways. Why did he omit his first wife, Alice, from his autobiography? Why did he sob unabashedly after the death of his brother, with whom he often clashed? Did Quentin’s death catalyze Roosevelt’s own death, just six months later? All of this and more on this week’s episode.
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11/03/19 • 38 min
Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole - TR Vs. Tragedy
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History Versus is a production of I Heart Radio and Mental Floss. It's July sixteenth, nineteen eighteen, and Theodore Roosevelt is at his Sagamore Hill home in Oyster Bay, New York, dictating correspondence to his secretary. When there's a knock at the door. It's a reporter who hands Roosevelt a telegram that reads, watch Sagamore Hill an event of Then it ends, the rest of the message edited out to protect it from prying eyes. The message might
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