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Document 52191 ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH TR's eldest child writes about her father and poetry. TLS: "Alice Roosevelt Longworth", 1p, 6x8. Washington, D.C., 1973 June 12. To Bishop Hunt. In full: "This is a shamefully belated reply to your letters. Many apologies, without explanation, for my not having written long before this. The truth is no quotations from my father come to mind. He recited a lot of poetry at us----and we recited a lot of poetry at him!" Four corrections in her hand. On August 28, 1917, Roosevelt wrote to Joel E. Spingarn about poetry. From The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Vol. XXIV, in part: "I enjoy Wordsworth's sonnets and I enjoy Shakespeare's sonnets...On the other hand, I loathe Wordsworth's Excursion, and not Matthew Arnold himself would persuade me to read it...I don't care for Evangeline or any of Longfellow's plays; and I cannot give any reasoned-out explanations in either case." Alice Lee Roosevelt (1884-1980) was the only child of Theodore and Alice Lee Roosevelt. After her mother died of Bright's Disease when she was two days old, Alice was raised by Theodore's sister, Corinne. Alice married Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth in the White House in 1906. Throughout her long life, she became famous for her outspokenness. She called Harding "just a slob", reflected that Coolidge looked as if he "had been weaned on a pickle" and said that Thomas E. Dewey looked like he "just fell off the top of a wedding cake". Slightly creased. Fine condition. SEE IF DOCUMENT 52191 IS FOR SALE RIGHT NOW!!
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