The Roosevelt Pilgrimage of 1922: Being a Record of the Pilgrimage of Certain Friends of Theodore Roosevelt to His Grave and to His Home, On the Third Anniversary of His Death.

STEWART, Janet; Theodore Roosevelt.

$500.00

Item Number: 145441

Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1922.

Limited edition, one of 300 examples of this ode to the life of the 26th president of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, decorated headpieces, tailpieces, and initials throughout, frontispiece portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, illustrated with black and white photographs. In very good condition with some rubbing to the corners, toning to the front and rear panels, front and rear pastedown. Uncommon.

"The purpose of The Roosevelt Pilgrimage is to perpetuate the ideals of Theodore Roosevelt by an annual visit to his grave with simple and appropriate ceremony. The idea first suggested itself to Mr. E. A. Van Valkenburg of the Philadelphia North American. In the autumn of 1920, in response to a letter sent to some of Colonel Roosevelt's old friends and supporters, signed by Messrs. James R. Garfield, Gifford Pinchot, Herbert Knox Smith, E.A. Van Valkenburg, and Lawrence F. Abbott, a small group went to Oyster Bay on the morning of January 6, 1921 ... The cheerful log-fire burning on the hearth was indicative of the spirit of the meeting -- a spirit of happiness and gratefulness that Roosevelt had lived, had impressed his influence on his country, and had admitted the members of the group to intimacy and friendship with him" (Foreword).