Introduction; A Man to Know; The Nature of New York; Pine Tree Pioneers; A Grander, More Beautiful Sight; Tough as a Pine Knot; Harvard Cool; Playing the Frontier; Light Comes In; Light Goes Out; Badlands Babies; Cowpunching; The Beef; Futures and Fame; I Want to See Roosevelt; Czar of Aroostook County; The Passing of a Grand Old Man; Epilogue; Chapter Notes; Index.
Summary
Before Theodore Roosevelt became one of America's most prominent presidents, a legendary outdoorsman, Badlands rancher, Rough Rider, trust buster, and political maverick, he was "a thin pale youngster with bad eyes and a weak heart," said William Wingate Sewall, the Maine woodsman who became Roosevelt's mentor and lifelong friend. In this latest book from award-winning author Andrew Vietze comes the untold story of the relationship between two men of completely different backgrounds. One was a privileged statesman who eventually moved into the White House and the other was a lumberman that leaf.