1. The Strenuous Life by Theodore Roosevelt
Growing up in Evanston, Illinois, he was a competitive baseball player, sharing a home with six sisters and two brothers. ... The newly found enjoyment throughout society in the viewing of athletic events, such as baseball, football, and boxing, among other events, was the start to a new age, but as this was occurring, other issues were brewing in the United States. ... This emergence helped prepare the citizens of the United States for colossal pieces of the nations history, such as both world wars, women's suffrage, and even later events such as the Great Depression. ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate