One of the greatest documentarians of the modern era is Ken Burns, who has done magnificent and brilliant work on such topics as “The Civil War”, “Baseball”, “The Dust Bowl”, “Jazz”, and many other wonderful topics, is now taking on a massive challenge with his 14 hour series over seven nights on “The Roosevelts”, an in depth study of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt. The series is on for seven straight nights from September 14-20 on PBS. And why September 14? Because that is the day 113 years ago, that TR succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of William McKinley, from an assassin’s bullet eight days earlier!
This blogger, who in 1981 published a book on the New Deal, has always found FDR his favorite President, and has also admired TR, and really appreciative of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
This is a must series for all Presidential “junkies”, and considering that the two Roosevelts are in the top five of any legitimate Presidential poll of scholars at number 2 for FDR and number 4 for TR, this is a series any intelligent and interested person should watch, and it will also be available for DVD sale immediately.
This is a premiere series, unlikely to be surpassed in quality and excellence any time soon!
Professor,
I can’t wait! I just finished Doris Kearns Goodwin’s, “The Bully Pulpit”.
Ronald,
“The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” will be available also on Blu-ray on September 16, 2014. (That’s on Tuesday. A link to Amazon.com is provided showing that release date.)
(I was worried about reducing too much space from my DVR.)
One of my favorite quotes of Theodore Roosevelt is:
“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
I love that quote, Engineer! HAHAHA!
Just came across this “White Trash†Palin family story who were involved in a drunken fight at wild Alaska drunken house party.
Just too rich!!
“Don’t you know who I am!†Sarah Palin screamed at the police who reported to the disturbance call.
http://www.statecolumn.com/2014/09/report-palin-family-involved-in-drunken-brawl-at-wild-alaska-house-party/
Defiantly worth the read!! :-). LOL
I commented on this just a few minutes ago in response to Paul Doyle!