In an excerpt from Carroll’s book, the young Roosevelt’s last days are told in letters from friends and family.
Even in my teddy-bear,—that’s what they call these aviator suits,—I freeze pretty generally, if I try any ceiling work.
In the summer of 1909, he was with his family vacationing in France when he watched his first air show.
(Ironically, when Roosevelt later learned to fly, his least favorite planes were those built by Curtiss, whose name he also regularly misspelled.
Roosevelt had suffered a serious back injury in college, and he found the Curtiss planes extremely uncomfortable.).
I’m going to have those boots for my men if I have to be court-martialed for a breach of military discipline.’”.
“My Fellow Soldiers: Letters From World War I” is on view at the National Postal Museum through November 29, 2018. »
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