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2023 In-Person Gable Lecture by Laurence Jurdem
The Friends of Sagamore Hill celebrated TR's Birthday
On Thursday, October 26, 2023, at 7:00 PM ET, approximately 40 attendees joined The Friends of Sagamore Hill in celebrating Theodore Roosevelt's birthday with an informative and entertaining presentation by Laurence Jurdem, discussing The Limits of Friendship;Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge in the White House, delivered at Christ Church Parish Hall in Oyster Bay, NY.
Evoking the political intrigue of the Gilded Age, The Rough Rider and the Professor chronicles the extraordinary thirty-five-year friendship between President Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. "A remarkable 35-year friendship that was nurtured by some 2,500 letters. That correspondence forms the foundation for Laurence Jurdem’s lively narrative, The Rough Rider and the Professor, rendered in unadorned prose and with a touching sympathy for his subjects," wrote The Wall Street Journal in its review.
Laurence Jurdem, Ph.D., is currently an adjunct professor of history at Fairfield University and Fordham College’s Lincoln Center campus. Mr. Jurdem is also the author of Paving the Way for Reagan: The Influence of Conservative Media on U.S. Foreign Policy. A frequent writer on American politics, his articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He lives in Connecticut.
After the lecture, Jurdem's book, The Rough Rider and The Professor, was available for purchase and signing by the author. The books were provided by The Friends of Sagamore Hill.
Also after the lecture, there was a celebration of TR's birthday, with Roosevelt family culinary treats, and a birthday cake!
