Letters to His Children: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Letters to His Children, credited to Theodore Roosevelt, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Letters to His Children by Theodore Roosevelt. Read in English by volunteer readers. The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the President of the United States, stands revealed in this selection of letters he wrote his children throughout their school years. They shed light on the cheerful man who remained throughout his life as pure and gentle as the soul of a child, plus many little reveals that there were squirrels nesting in the presidential bedroom, rats in the basement, and children's pranks that damaged the White House artwork! Many of these letters are considered valuable guides for youth in all ranks of life, notably those on the relative merits of civil and military careers, and the proper proportions of sport and study. Only a short time before he died, Teddy Roosevelt said "I would rather have this book published than anything that has ever been written about me." ~ Summary by Michele Fry NOTE: Roosevelt gave titles to all his letters, and all letters in this audio collection are recorded in sequential order with their titles. Most are too short to be published as separate audio files, thus several have been combined in most cases.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Letters to His Children
• Author credits: Theodore Roosevelt
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 56
• Listed recording duration: 4:47:43

Catalogue topics

• culture
• family life
• children's non-fiction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 56

1. 00. Introduction — 9:10
2. 01. In The Spanish War 1898 - Blessed Bunnies, Darling Ethel — 4:28
3. 02. from Oyster Bay Dec 1900 - Youthful Bible Commentators, Fine Names For Guinea Pigs — 3:08
4. 03. from Keystone Ranch Jan 1900 - A Cougar and Lynx Hunt, Dogs That Climb Trees, The Pig Named Maude — 7:29
5. 04. from Oyster Bay May 1901 - Advice and News, Archie and Quentin — 6:19
6. 05. Incidents of Homecoming, Oyster Bay, May 1901 — 3:12
7. 06. Dear Little Miss Sarah — 1:26
8. 07. Uncle Remus and White House Pets — 2:09
9. 08. from White House Oct 1902 - The Dog Gem, and Presidential Nurse For Guinea Pigs — 2:04
10. 09. Thanksgiving In The White House 1902 — 1:58
11. 10. A White House Christmas 1902 — 3:48
12. 11. Tom Quartz and Jack — 3:49
13. 12. A Far Western Trip 1903 — 7:22
14. 13. Loves and Sports of The Children — 3:58
15. 14. A President At Play — 3:23
16. 15. from Oyster Bay 1903 - To Ted On A Hunting Trip, End Of Summer At Oyster Bay — 3:17
17. 16. White House Oct 1903 - 'Valuablest' Kind Of Rabbits, A Preaching Letter — 2:39
18. 17. Proper Place For Sports, Concerning Getting 'Smashed' — 8:05
19. 18. The Art of Uncle Remus, A Ride And A Pillow Fight — 3:31
20. 19. Study and Play, Quentin's First Fall, Homesich For Sagamore Hill, Joy Over A Football Victory, Vice-Mother Of The Children — 8:03
21. 20. Quentin's Sixth Birthday — 1:36
22. 21. A President's Poor Protection — 3:13
23. 22. from White House 1904 - Ted's Sprained Ankle, The Supreme Christmas Joy, A Day With Juggler — 4:34
24. 23. Merits of Military and Civil Life — 6:58

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