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Episode Synopsis
The lives and friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge spanned the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Few other politicians had such a monumental impact on the time, and Dr. Laurence Jurdem joins the show to explain of their friendship came to define the period.Essential Reading:Laurence Jurdem, The Rough Rider and the Professor: Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and the Friendship that Changed American History (2023).Recommended Reading:John A. Garraty, Henry Cabot Lodge: A Biography (1965).William Harbaugh, Power and Responsibility: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt (1961).Selections from the Correspondence of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge, 1884-1918 (1925). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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