When this episode of Newt's World,

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born in New York City on October 27, 1858.

He was born into a well-to-do family.

He was homeschooled and went to Harvard College.

He dropped out of Columbia Law School to enter local New York politics.

In September 1901, at the age of 42, he became the 26th President of the United States

after President William McKinley was assassinated.

Roosevelt was a leader of the progressive movement.

And he championed his square-deal domestic policies, promising the average citizen fairness,

breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs.

After leaving office, Roosevelt traveled the world, including trips to Africa and South America.

He was a lifelong conservationist.

He passed away in his sleep in his home, Sagamore Hill, in Covenack, New York,

on January 5, 1919, at the age of 60.

I want to share with you the human whirlwind that was theater Roosevelt.

Roosevelt was amazing both as an individual.

And because in some ways he personified the America that was emerging at the beginning of the 20th century.

I find him to be one of the most extraordinary American presidents,

just because of the sheer range that he was capable of doing.

He was obviously extraordinarily bright and wrote at a very early age a guide to birds in New York State.

He wrote a history of the Naval War of 1812, which is still considered a remarkable book.

And that, by the way, was done at a very early age, I think, in his early 20s.

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