16. May 14, 1914-Jan. 8, 1915: Guns of August
President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was a prolific writer of books, articles, and especially letters, and received as much mail as he sent. His correspondents ranged from heads of states to average Americans and covered a wide range of topics. Discover what Roosevelt and his correspondents had to say about the issues of their day.
June 1914 found T. R. back in Europe, this time to attend son Kermit’s wedding to Belle Willard, the daughter of the U. S. ambassador to Spain. Upon his return, he started to rejoin the political world and resigned from The Outlook’s editorial board. But the outbreak of World War I in Europe in August attracted T. R.’s attention. He initially supported American neutrality, but increasingly began to advocate U.S. preparedness for war.
