Teddy Roosevelt

[pharmer]

It's PC now to present him as a conservationist, and he was. But he was also an enthusiastic hunter.

Hunters pay for 90%+ of conservation efforts. Joe

 

[codenamedave]

Congrats on the acquisition. My first thought concerned how one would verify it's authenticity before purchase?

One of the best quotes was not from TR, but came after his death:

"Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight."
—Vice President Thomas Marshall

It's PC now to present him as a conservationist, and he was. But he was also an enthusiastic hunter.

Hunters pay for 90%+ of conservation efforts. Joe

I would venture that's it's a PC subterfuge to place hunting and conservation as opposites. Long before modern fees/taxes and revenue distribution, there was an old German saying: No hunters, no game.

 

[mtgianni]

[ame]https://www.amazon.com/River-Doubt-Theodore-Roosevelts-Darkest-ebook/dp/B000Q9ITGW/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502513596&sr=1-3&keywords=theodore+roosevelt[/ame]

River of Doubt is a good read about him on the Amazon.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I always enjoy the portrayal of TR in "The Wind and the Lion". Enjoyed the thread, thank you.

 

[the ringo kid]

I feel that TR might have been one of the most bad @$$ people, let alone presidents, that has ever lived. He is the epitome of the American Spirit. I have just spent more on an original unpunished photograph of a young Theodore Roosevelt than I probably should have. In fact, it cost me more than most spend on entry level pistols. I sure hope that it can give my children the same return that a S&W would of the same value. I know it will give me pleasure as long as I am alive. I am thinking that I will start a TR collection with books, guns that he owned, and other memorabilia. I may have to acquire a New Model 3, or try and identify the pistol and holster rig in the photo to start my collection. What are your thoughts?

A few hundred is more than well worth it--ESPECIALLY for such a character as he was.