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How Teddy Roosevelt Became The Man He Was in the Badlands—William Hazelgrove of “Forging a President”

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.24K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Teddy Roosevelt wasn’t born as the rough riding, big-game-hunting, Amazon-exploring legend that America has come to love. So how did he become the larger-than- life character portrayed in history books? He was forged by the last vestige of the Wild...

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0:00.0

They were some of the most powerful men who've ever lived.

0:02.8

They waged war, forged peace, and altered the fates of billions of people,

0:06.9

and yet they were just as human, just as flawed as you and me.

0:10.6

They were the presidents of the United States, and they are the subjects of the history podcast

0:15.0

this American president. In each episode of this American president, we explore how flawed men

0:20.5

have managed this awesome responsibility. To listen now, go to pathanonpodcast.com or search

0:26.8

this American president on your favorite podcast platform.

0:30.0

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0:36.4

In the history of the papacy podcast, we step over the rope. We dive into discover more about the

0:42.6

people events and background that define the influence of the Popes of Rome and church not only

0:48.0

on the west, but the world. To start listening now, go to pathanonpodcast.com or search for

0:55.8

history of the papacy on your favorite podcast platform.

1:02.8

Welcome to the history unplugged podcast. The unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,

1:09.4

Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscoveres the forgotten stories that changed our world.

1:16.0

I'm your host, Scott Rank.

1:18.4

I'm going to skip the usual preamble for this show because I have a topic that I'm really

1:28.3

excited to get into. And that is the adventures of Teddy Roosevelt while he was in the bad lands.

1:34.1

I'm going to interview William Hazelgrope, who's the author of Forgina President,

1:38.4

how the Wild West created Teddy Roosevelt. Hazelgrove's thesis is that the man Roosevelt became

1:45.2

wasn't because he was a sickly child and learned boxing and then suddenly he emerged fully

1:49.6

form into adulthood. Rather, it was what he learned in the bad lands of the Dakota territories,

1:55.8

how to be a cowboy essentially, how to stand up to rough and tumble characters that he met there.

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