Before Teddy Roosevelt became famous as a statesman, naturalist, colonel in the SpanishAmerican War, and twentysixth president of the United States, he was a young boy called Teedie who had wonderful adventures with his brother and sister and even started a museum in his attic. But he also struggled with terrible asthma. Overcoming his illness was the major battle of his young life . . . and his determination to make himself strong and healthy set the course for his amazing accomplishments to come. First in a planned series of picture storybooks about turning points in the lives of the young Presidents, this book is written by the incomparable author of So You Want to Be President? and whimsically illustrated by Matthew Faulkner.
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