As I have reread his letters to me, as I have dwelt upon our long and devoted friendship--for we were even more friends than brother and sister--his character stands out to me more strongly than ever before as that of “The Great Sharer.” He shared all that he had--his worldly goods, his strong mentality, his wide sympathy, his joyous fun, and his tender comprehension--with all those with whom he came in contact, and especially with those closest and dearest to him--the members of his own family and his sisters. In the spirit of confidence that my frankness will not be misunderstood, I place a sister’s interpretation of a world-wide personality in the hands of my fellow Americans. CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON. September, 1921. CONTENTS PAGE I. THE NURSERY AND ITS DEITIES 1 II. GREEN FIELDS AND FOREIGN FARING 34 III. THE DRESDEN LITERARY AMERICAN CLUB 69 IV. COLLEGE CHUMS AND NEW-FOUND LEADERSHIP 94 V. THE YOUNG REFORMER 116 VI. THE ELKHORN RANCH AND NEAR-ROUGHING IT IN YELLOWSTONE PARK 135 VII. TWO RECREANT NEW YORK POLICEMEN 155 VIII. COWBOY AND CLUBMAN 164 IX. THE ROUGH RIDER STORMS THE CAPITOL AT ALBANY 181 X. HOW THE PATH LED TO THE WHITE HOUSE 194 XI. HOME LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE 206 XII. HOME LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE (_Continued_) 236 XIII. WALL STREET HOPES EVERY LION WILL DO ITS DUTY 254 XIV. THE GREAT DENIAL 264 XV. WHISPERINGS OF WAR 276 XVI. “DO IT NOW” 303 XVII. WAR 323 XVIII. “THE QUIET QUITTING” 359 ILLUSTRATIONS Theodore Roosevelt with his little granddaughter, Edith Roosevelt Derby, 1918 _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., aged thirty, 1862 8 Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, twenty-two years old, about 1856 8 Theodore Roosevelt, about eighteen months old, 1860 18 Theodore Roosevelt, about four years old, 1862 18 Elliott Roosevelt, aged five and a half years, about 1865 32 Corinne Roosevelt, about four years old, 1865 32 Theodore Roosevelt, aged seven, 1865 32