President Theadore Roosevelt Part 1

The Making of a Legend: Theodore Roosevelt was scrawny, sickly, and asthmatic kid; as he grew, he embraced the “strenuous life” and through his relentless physical work and strength of will he made of himself a rough and ready icon of manhood and masculinity. He was a lifelong naturalist, historian, athlete, and popular writer. He was a husband and father; he became a widower and an orphan on the same day, and proved that tough times don’t last, but tough men do. He was a cowboy, a rancher, and the Colonel of the famous “Rough Riders” 1st Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, and he followed his legend right into the White House.