Vintage Children's Book: Theodore Roosevelt - Fighting Patriot 1953 by Clara Ingram Judson - Biography - American President

Title: Theodore Roosevelt: Fighting Patriot

Author: Clara Ingram Judson
Illustrator: Lorence F. Bjorklund

Description: Tan cloth boards pictorially stamped in brown. Some spotting on boards. One page has a small area light soiling in the side margin, else pages clean throughout. Dust jacket is edgeworn; shallow chipping at head and foot of spine and corners; some general soiling; price clipped. DJ in archival sleeve. 218, [3] pp. 9.5 x 7.5 inches. Scarce in jacket.

Ages 10 and up. Young adult biography of President Theodore Roosevelt. From his early childhood, even as a sickly boy, Roosevelt had a great love of the outdoors and was an enthusiastic naturalist, collecting specimens of animal and plant life. As he matured he developed a great vigor, through exercise, outdoor living and adventure. His interest in law and government led him into politics and he developed as an exemplar in local, state, and national politics, showing great patriotism and leadership.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good

Publisher: Wilcox and Follett Company
Place: New York
Year: 1953

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: American, presidents, YA, young adult, juvenile, Lorence Bjorklund,