My Brother, Theodore Roosevelt

The Project Gutenberg eBook, My Brother Theodore Roosevelt, by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
From a photograph, copyright by C. Le Gendre.
Theodore Roosevelt with his little granddaughter, Edith Roosevelt Derby, 1918.
MY BROTHER THEODORE ROOSEVELT
BY CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1921
Copyright, 1921, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Published September, 1921
THE SCRIBNER PRESS
WITH TENDER AFFECTION I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY SISTER ANNA ROOSEVELT COWLES WHOSE UNSELFISH DEVOTION TO HER BROTHER THEODORE ROOSEVELT NEVER WAVERED THROUGH HIS WHOLE LIFE, AND FOR WHOM HE HAD FROM CHILDHOOD A DEEP AND UNSWERVING LOVE AND ADMIRATION
This Preface I write to my fellow countrymen as I give into their hands these intimate reminiscences of my brother, Theodore Roosevelt.
A year and a half ago I was invited by the City History Club of New York to make an address about my brother on Washington’s Birthday. Upon being asked what I would call my speech, I replied that as George Washington was the “Father of his country,” as Abraham Lincoln was the “Saviour of his country,” so Theodore Roosevelt was the “Brother of his country,” and that, therefore, the subject of my speech would be “The Brother of His Country.”