Up next on American History tv Douglas Brinkley author of the wilderness warrior Theodore Roosevelt and the crusade for america recounts roosevelts time in the west and explains how his experiences there shaped his presidency. We also hear about roosevelts charge up San Juan Hill as a rough rider in the spanish american war his involvement in the creation of the panama canal, and how his conservation efforts led to the protection of over 150 million acres of public lands. This session from the New York Historical society is about two hours. Well, good evening. Its an honor to be here at New York Historical society and try to shed some light on one of my heroes Theodore Roosevelt and why hes considered a great leader. When the swartzs wanted to make this series go they really want us to focus on leadership qualities. And im telling you theres no president quite like t. R. To get to talk about that. I wanted to begin thinking about roosevelt being new york citys president. Being born her
Been a gift to many mothers since. As tracy smith will be telling us. David never dreamed his book would become a kids classic, much less a best seller but his mom had a plan. She was like a benevolent terminator. She will not be stopped. And she gets what she wants. She gets what she wants. I know sometimes it drives the rest of my family. You are a little driven . I am a little driven. The power of a mothers promise, ahead on sunday morning. Osgood a mother and son team has the inside track on one of the countrys most famous speedways, Michelle Miller this morning we will catch all the action. Lisa france kennedy is the woman behind the daytona speedway. Kennedys grandfather founded nascar on daytona beach. More recently, her son decided to become a driver. For him to win you couldnt write a better script. When the ceo is also mom ahead on sunday morning. Osgood actors actor bo derek is playing a mom on tv these days, very different from how many movie goers first saw her. As ben tra
Since. As tracy smith will be telling us. David never dreamed his book would become a kids classic, much less a best seller but his mom had a plan. She was like a benevolent terminator. She will not be stopped. And she gets what she wants. She gets what she wants. I know sometimes it drives the rest of my family. You are a little driven . I am a little driven. The power of a mothers promise, ahead on sunday morning. Osgood a mother and son team has the inside track on one of the countrys most famous speedways, Michelle Miller this morning we will catch all the action. Lisa france kennedy is the woman behind the daytona speedway. Kennedys grandfather founded nascar on daytona beach. More recently, her son decided to become a driver. For him to win you couldnt write a better script. When the ceo is also mom ahead on sunday morning. Osgood actors actor bo derek is playing a mom on tv these days, very different from how many movie goers first saw her. As ben tracy will remind us. There is
Was a dutch knickerbocker here from new york and a mother from the bullet family. She came from georgia. 1858 you all know something about history. The civil war is upon us. In the roosevelt family, you have a feud, a mother who loved robert ulee and a father who loved grant. T. R. Decided to love the west instead. As i talk about some of his formative years in the dakota territory, it will be clear what the west meant. If i focus for a moment on 1858, one year after he was born 1859 was darwins on the origin of species. Theodore roosevelts father was one of the founders of the institute next door, the American Museum of natural history, but he had an uncle Robert Barnwell roosevelt who was called the audubon of the civil war era and went on to write books like fishing on Lake Superior and a book on the waterfowl of florida. Uncle rob was an ardent darwinian and wrote seminal things about eels and frogs. She ran for congress to save the shad, because they were being fished out of the h
Since. As tracy smith will be telling us. David never dreamed his book would become a kids classic, much less a best seller but his mom had a plan. She was like a benevolent terminator. She will not be stopped. And she gets what she wants. She gets what she wants. I know sometimes it drives the rest of my family. You are a little driven . I am a little driven. The power of a mothers promise, ahead on sunday morning. Osgood a mother and son team has the inside track on one of the countrys most famous speedways, Michelle Miller this morning we will catch all the action. Lisa france kennedy is the woman behind the daytona speedway. Kennedys grandfather founded nascar on daytona beach. More recently, her son decided to become a driver. For him to win you couldnt write a better script. When the ceo is also mom ahead on sunday morning. Osgood actors actor bo derek is playing a mom on tv these days, very different from how many movie goers first saw her. As ben tracy will remind us. There is