Produced by David Edwards, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) [Illustration: American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt STRATEMEYER] [Handwritten inscription: To Elmer, A Merry Christmas from Papa & Mamma. 1904] AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT EDWARD STRATEMEYER'S BOOKS Old Glory Series _Six Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._ UNDER DEWEY AT MANILA. A YOUNG VOLUNTEER IN CUBA. FIGHTING IN CUBAN WATERS. UNDER OTIS IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE CAMPAIGN OF THE JUNGLE. UNDER MacARTHUR IN LUZON. Stratemeyer Popular Series _Ten Volumes. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.00._ THE LAST CRUISE OF THE SPITFIRE. REUBEN STONE'S DISCOVERY. TRUE TO HIMSELF. RICHARD DARE'S VENTURE. OLIVER BRIGHT'S SEARCH. TO ALASKA FOR GOLD. THE YOUNG AUCTIONEER. BOUND TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN. SHORTHAND TOM, THE REPORTER. FIGHTING FOR HIS OWN. War and Adventure Stories _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._ ON TO PEKIN. BETWEEN BOER AND BRITON. American Boys' Biographical Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._ AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY. AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Colonial Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._ WITH WASHINGTON IN THE WEST. MARCHING ON NIAGARA. AT THE FALL OF MONTREAL. ON THE TRAIL OF PONTIAC. Pan-American Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.25._ LOST ON THE ORINOCO. THE YOUNG VOLCANO EXPLORERS. YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE ISTHMUS. YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE AMAZON. Great American Industries Series _Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume $1.00, net._ TWO YOUNG LUMBERMEN. JOE, THE SURVEYOR. _Price, $1.00_. LARRY, THE WANDERER. _Price, $1.00_. [Illustration: COLONEL ROOSEVELT AT SAN JUAN HILL] AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT BY EDWARD STRATEMEYER AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY," "WITH WASHINGTON IN THE WEST," "OLD GLORY SERIES," "PAN-AMERICAN SERIES," "SHIP AND SHORE SERIES," ETC. _ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND WITH FRONTISPIECE BY CHARLES COPELAND_ [Illustration] BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD 1904 PUBLISHED, AUGUST, 1904. _Copyright, 1904, by Lee And Shepard._ _All Rights Reserved._ AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Norwood Press J.S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. PREFACE The life of Theodore Roosevelt is one well worth studying by any American boy who wishes to make something of himself and mount high on the ladder of success.