Strenuous Life Essays and Addresses Author:Theodore Roosevelt Politician, soldier, naturalist, and historian a century after the peak of his multifaceted career, Theodore Roosevelt remains a towering symbol of American optimism and progress. This collection of speeches and commentaries from 1899 through 1901 embodies the Rough Rider's enduring ideals for attaining a robust political, social, and per... more »sonal life.« less