Tag Archives: Theodore Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt and Director John Maggio Travel Into the Amazon on PBS

Posted on January 9, 2018 by

In 1914, after suffering a stinging defeat two years before in the Presidential election of 1912, former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt gave up his dream to serve an unprecedented third term in office and focused his wanderlust on the Brazilian Amazon … Continue reading →

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The Big Burn Lights a Fire on PBS

Posted on February 3, 2015 by

“The question of forest fires, like the question of slavery … sooner or later, it must be faced.”  So said Gifford Pinchot, the zealous conservationist who founded the U.S. Forest Service in 1905. The back story and legacy of the … Continue reading →

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Teddy Toplines Episodes 1-3 of The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Posted on September 14, 2014 by

  Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’re well aware that the first episode of Ken Burns’ monumental and much-ballyhooed seven-part series, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, debuts tonight on PBS (Sunday, September 14, 2014, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET).  It … Continue reading →

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