Comments on: Strewing 20th Century History & Theodore Roosevelt http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/01/strewing-20th-century-history-theodore-roosevelt/ A peek into our wacky homeschool life Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Linda Milano http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/01/strewing-20th-century-history-theodore-roosevelt/#comment-340 Linda Milano Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:03:38 +0000 http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/01/strewing-20th-century-history-theodore-roosevelt/#comment-340 By way of an addendum, TR wrote 'The Winning of the West' in the 1880s, well before he actually met any 'savages.' He changed his tune once he got out to North Dakota and actually dealt with some Indians. It was the author Owen Wister who asked TR about controlling Alice. He and his friend TR were sitting and talking, but Alice kept walking in on them. The name Roosevelt is Dutch, it means 'field of roses' - a clue to where the family originated. The correct pronounciation is "Rose-a-velt" - for both sides of the family, the Oyster Bay (Theodore) and Hyde Park (Franklin). By way of an addendum, TR wrote ‘The Winning of the West’ in the 1880s, well before he actually met any ’savages.’ He changed his tune once he got out to North Dakota and actually dealt with some Indians.

It was the author Owen Wister who asked TR about controlling Alice. He and his friend TR were sitting and talking, but Alice kept walking in on them.

The name Roosevelt is Dutch, it means ‘field of roses’ - a clue to where the family originated. The correct pronounciation is “Rose-a-velt” - for both sides of the family, the Oyster Bay (Theodore) and Hyde Park (Franklin).

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