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Politics

Teddy Roosevelt's Legacy of Letters and Speeches

NPR

Published October 19, 2004 at 10:00 PM MDT

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Day to Day book critic David Kipen reviews a new collection of writings by President Theodore Roosevelt, entitled simply Letters and Speeches. He's surprised at how many of the former U.S. president's letters and speeches are still relevant today.