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Laurence Jurdem The Rough Rider and the Professor

Local Author Laurence Jurdem to Talk About His Book on Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge

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Darien author Laurence Jurdem will discusses his new book, “The Rough Rider and the Professor,” about Theodore Roosevelt and U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge on Sunday, Jan. 21 at The Mather Homestead. — an announcement from The Mather Homestead

The book evokes the political intrigue of the Gilded Age and chronicles the extraordinary 35-year friendship between Roosevelt and Lodge. Roosevelt was a uniquely gifted figure. A man of great intellect and physicality, the New York patrician captured the imagination of the American people with his engaging personality and determination to give all citizens regardless of race, color or creed the opportunity to achieve the American dream.

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Author Laurence Jurdem to Discuss His book on Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Lodge Wednesday at Darien Library

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One of Darien’s own, Laurence Jurdem, will discuss his new book, The Rough Rider and the Professor: Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and the Friendship that Changed American History, from 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesday at Darien Library. — an announcement from Darien Library

The book chronicles the extraordinary 35-year friendship between President Theodore Roosevelt and Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, and is a fascinating look at a personal relationship that was behind the making of modern politics and government at the dawn of the twentieth century. Theodore Roosevelt was a uniquely gifted figure who employed his abilities to rise from an unknown New York legislator to become the youngest man ever to assume the presidency in 1901. His rapid success would not have occurred without the assistance of the powerful New Englander, Henry Cabot Lodge. Eight years older than Roosevelt, from a prominent Massachusetts family, Lodge was one of the most calculating, combative politicians of his age.