The John Batchelor Show

Sunday 17 January 2016

Air Date: 
January 17, 2016

Photo, left: This was Theodore Roosevelt's first cabin in the Dakota Territory. It was used by Roosevelt from 1883-1884, before he became president. After his wife and mother died in 1884, only hours apart, Roosevelt became depressed. He then left the cabin and went further north up the Little Missouri River, where he constructed his new Elkhorn Ranch cabin, where he spent most of his time.
In 1901, at the dawn of the Twentieth century, Theodore Roosevelt became the nation's 26th president and ultimately one of its greatest conservationists. He later said, "I would not have been president had it not been for my experience in North Dakota."
It was here in the North Dakota badlands in 1883 that Theodore Roosevelt first arrived to hunt a buffalo. Before he left, he had acquired primary interests in the Maltese Cross Ranch (also called the Chimney Butte Ranch). Roosevelt throve on the vigorous outdoor lifestyle and, at the Maltese Cross, actively participated in the life of a working cowboy.
 
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
 
Hour One
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 1, Block A: Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics, by Michael Wolraich (1 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 1, Block B: Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics, by Michael Wolraich (2 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 1, Block C: Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics, by Michael Wolraich (3 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 1, Block D: Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics, by Michael Wolraich (4 of 4)
 
Hour Two
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 2, Block A: The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran, by David Crist (1 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 2, Block B: The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran, by David Crist (2 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 2, Block C: The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran, by David Crist (3 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 2, Block D: The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran, by David Crist (4 of 4)
 
Hour Three
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 3, Block A: When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington, by Peter Snow (1 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 3, Block B: When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington, by Peter Snow (2 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 3, Block C: When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington, by Peter Snow (3 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 3, Block D: When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington, by Peter Snow (4 of 4)
 
Hour Four
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 4, Block A: All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt, by John Taliaferro (1 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 4, Block B: All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt, by John Taliaferro (2 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 4, Block C: All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt, by John Taliaferro (3 of 4)
Sunday 17 January 2016  / Hour 4, Block D: All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt, by John Taliaferro (4 of 4)