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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is extraordinary that any author should be willing to put his name to such reckless misstatements, in what purports…”

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It is extraordinary that any author should be willing to put his name to such reckless misstatements, in what purports to be a history and not a book of fiction.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt criticizes an author for making reckless misstatements in a historical context.

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