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Freeman,
very interesting post! I shall definitely read the book!
posted by
Nautikos
on November 11, 2006 at 12:42 PM
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Have fun on your adventure! My dog and I might walk futher than 2 blocks in your honor.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on November 11, 2006 at 8:13 AM
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FreeMan, you are most welcome to come walking right in.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on November 9, 2006 at 8:28 AM
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Thanks Bhaskar
posted by
FreeManWalking
on November 9, 2006 at 8:26 AM
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FreeManWalking
I have enjoyed the read, and will keep coming to share some of mine with you thoughts. Great!
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on November 9, 2006 at 8:22 AM
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I like short pieces, FMW, I have no patience with thick tomes these days.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 9, 2006 at 8:22 AM
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Blanche - The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris is the
book that introduced me to the man about nine years ago. Its a bit thicker though and more difficult to read.
posted by
FreeManWalking
on November 9, 2006 at 8:15 AM
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People do surprise me all the time, FMW, just when I think I've got someone
figured out and neatly pigeonholed, they do something "out of character". Maybe I need to rethink my characters. I'll check it out. It sounds like it's been inspiring to you.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 9, 2006 at 8:08 AM
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Blanche and Strat - I think you would both enjoy that book. TR was guilty
of bravado, in fact when setting the type for one of his books the printer ran out of "I"'s. But he was a naturalist who could hold his own with John Boroughs and John Muir, a cowboy who could manage a ranch and lead a calvary, a statesman who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and visionary who preached conservation, a living wage, and equal rights.
posted by
FreeManWalking
on November 9, 2006 at 7:59 AM
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Freemanwalking, it certainly does sound like a fascinating read
I've never had a very good image of Theodore Roosevelt, but never studied him too much in depth either. I had an image of him and the Charge of the Light Brigade, in Cuba, an almost clownish figure of machismo and bravado, sort of inarticuate but bumbling in his zeal to prove himself macho.
But then again, I've been fed misinformation before. I believed the propaganda these heathens have been feeding me about the South, for example, and you keep proving them wrong. So there you hvae it.
BTW, the Hood Canal bridge is under construction, so the Olympic Peninsula (and my mom in Sequim) are more cut off from the mainland than ever. It's eerie watching those sub go through there.
Good luck on your trip. I hope the rain lets up here. I worked the polls and the Feds sent two DOJ inspector/auditors. One was from Virginia, a very mellifluous accent. Poor man tinks it rains like this al the time. He couldn't wait to get back home. I did amuse him with the story of my one trip back East, to NYC and DC. I was a tour leader in 87 for a group of Baltic beef and dairy farmers. I'll have to tell you that story some time. It was quite a trip.
Good luck on the journey inward as well as outward. You and your dog stay safe out there.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 9, 2006 at 7:50 AM
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I've heard about this book -- I will pick it up on my next trip
to the library. Thanks for the heads up -- now I know I want to read it!
Good luck on your journey.
posted by
strat
on November 9, 2006 at 7:42 AM
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