He survived debilitating childhood illness against all odds. He fought corruption in New York’s police force. He soldiered on when his wife and mother died on the same day. He took down bad guys as a sheriff in the Dakota Badlands. He led a battalion into the frontlines of the Spanish-American War. He cheated death while discovering unchartered stretches of the Amazon River. He laughed when shot in the chest at point-blank range by a would-be assassin. He served as one of the most visionary politicians in U.S. history. You know Theodore Roosevelt as the 26th president of the United States of America. But you may not know the full extent of the extraordinary life and times of this brilliantly complex force of nature. This book was researched and written by its human author. No AI or ChatGPT was used in its creation.