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On August 11 at 7 pm, author Andrew Vietze will speak about his award-winning book, Becoming Teddy Roosevelt at the Christ Church Parish Hall located at 61 E. Main Street in Oyster Bay, NY. This free author talk is provided by Sagamore Hill National Historic Site and Eastern National as part of the National Park Service Centennial Celebration. Becoming Teddy Roosevelt explores a little-known chapter in the life of Theodore Roosevelt – his lifelong friendship with legendary Maine Guide Bill Sewall. The book takes TR from the streets of New York to the North Woods of Maine and out to the wild frontier of the Dakota Territory, watching him grow from a sickly Harvard student to the kind of man who could be President under the tutelage of the rugged lumberman. It has quickly become a North Woods classic. The book was formally honored by decree of the Maine State Legislature in 2010, and made its way into the curriculum of twenty schools across the Pine Tree State as part of the Lunder New Naturalists program. Outside Maine,Becoming Teddy Rooseveltwon an IPPY at the Independent Publishers Book Awards in New York in 2010, and was a finalist for an IndieFab Book of the Year Award, judged by librarians and booksellers from around the country. |
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