Teddy Roosevelt & the Marquette Libel Trial

by Mikel B Classen and Mikel B. Classen

Book Overview

On the same day Theodore Roosevelt narrowly survived an assassination attempt, his press secretary handed him a newspaper editorial from the Iron Ore, a small-town daily located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Its publisher, George Newett, had printed, "Roosevelt lies and curses in a most disgusting way; he gets drunk, too, and that not infrequently, and all his intimates know about it." Tired of having his boisterous personality equated with intoxication,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626195579
• ISBN13: 9781626195578
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"