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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. Volume Seven, Episode Seven (Part One)

Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Laureate, Medal of Honor Winner, Political Progressive, Executor of the Panama Canal, Best Selling Author, Conservationist and always the Man in the Arena.

Theodore Roosevelt as a young man
Campaign literature, 1900
Leon Czolgosz, McKinley assassin
Roosevelt ranch house, South Dakota
Roosevelt’s first wife, Alice
Roosevelt’s second wife, Edith
Roosevelt with his family
Roosevelt in Rough Rider uniform
Roosevelt, in store bought frontier wardrobe with Tiffany silver knife

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. Volume Seven, Episode Seven (Part Two)

Theodore Roosevelt: Nobel Laureate, Medal of Honor Winner, Political Progressive, Executor of the Panama Canal, Best Selling Author, Conservationist and always the Man in the Arena.

Theodore Roosevelt Home known as Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY
Roosevelt speaking in 1910
Roosevelt in safari garb in Africa
Photo from the book African Game Trails
Roosevelt visiting Cambridge
Roosevelt assassin, John Schrank, under arrest
Mount Rushmore
Theodore Roosevelt Grave, Oyster Bay, Long Island

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. Book and Music Information

The books used in composing this podcast included:

The Theodore Roosevelt biographical trilogy, by Edmund Morris.

“When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt After the White House,” by Patricia O’Toole.

“Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin,” by Gerard Helferich.

The intro to both parts one and two is “Bravura,” by the US Army Band.

The outro to both parts one and two is “Fallen Soldier,” by Biz Baz Studio.

The Brief and Tragic Reign of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico. Volume Seven, Episode Six (Part One)

Like something out of a fairy tale, in 1864, a European power installed an Austrian nobleman as Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico, ultimately resulting in tragedy, madness and execution.

Maximillian I of Mexico
Carlota, Empress of Mexico
Schoenbrunn, Hapsburg palace, Vienna and Maximillian’s boyhood home
Maximillian and Charlotte, newlyweds
Franz Josef, 1865
Miramare, Trieste
The Novara
Maximillian as Emperor
Benito Juarez

The Brief and Tragic Reign Of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico. Volume Seven Episode Six (Part Two)

Like something out of a fairy tale, in 1864, a European power installed an Austrian nobleman as Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico, ultimately resulting in tragedy, madness and execution.

Carlota, in Mexican garb
Pope Pius IX
Napoleon III and his wife, the Empress Eugenie, 1865
The chapel built on the Hill of the Bells, Maximillian’s execution site in Queretaro
Eduard Manet’s, “Execution of the Emperor Maximillian,” inaccurately depicting Maximillian in the center, wearing a sombrero. His executioners are symbolically wearing French infantry uniforms and the soldier loading his rifle is similar in appearance to Napoleon III. The painting was publicly banned in France.
Maximillian’s sarcophagus in the Hapsburg Imperial Crypt, Vienna.
Maximillian I, death mask.
Maximillian’s embalmed corpse, photographed in Mexico.
Carlota, 1914
Bouchout Castle, Belgium. Final home of Carlota.

The Brief and Tragic Reign of Maximillian I, Emperor of Mexico (Book and Music Information)

The books used in this podcast included:

“The Last Emperor of Mexico,” by Edward Shawcross, and

“Maximillian and Carlota: Europe’s Last Empire in Mexico,” by M. M. McAllen

The music in both intros was: “Funeral in Sinaloa,” by Jimena Contreras

The music in the outros was: “Outlaw’s Farewell (Part 1),” by Reed Mathis

Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and Their Escape From Alcatraz. Volume Seven, Episode Five. (Part One)

The true story Of Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and their remarkable escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

Alcatraz Island
Frank Morris
John Anglin
Clarence Anglin
Allen West
Ralph Roe
Theodore Cole
Doc Barker

Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and Their Escape From Alcatraz. Volume Seven, Episode Five (Part Two)

The true story Of Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and their remarkable escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

Alcatraz with Angel Island in the background.
Utility corridor behind the escapees’ cells.
The four dummy heads used during the escape.
Escapee cell with fake grill removed.
John Paul Scott
Fort Point, Golden Gate, near where John Paul Scott washed ashore
Alcatraz, with Little Alcatraz visible, lower left
Alcatraz Lighthouse at night.

Frank Morris, John and Clarence Anglin and Their Escape From Alcatraz. Volume Seven, Episode Five (Book and Music Information)

The books used to develop this podcast included:

“Escaping Alcatraz,” by Michael Esslinger, and

“Breaking the Rock,” by Jolene Babyak.

The music used in this podcast included:

For both episode intros: “Put It,” by Track Tribe, and

Part One outro: “Smoke,” by Lish Grooves, as well as,

“The Black Cat,” by Aaron Kenny

James J. Andrews, The Great Locomotive Chase And The First Medal of Honor. Volume Seven, Episode Four (Part One)

One of the most incredible stories of the Civil War

James J. Andrews
The General today, on display, Southern Museum, Kenesaw, (formerly Big Shanty) Georgia.
General Don Carlos Buell
General Ormsby Mitchel
Plaque in Atlanta, Georgia denoting the spot where James J. Andrews was hanged on June 7, 1862