Theodore Roosevelt Twenty-Sixth President of The United States; A Typical American
Porland, OR: S. C. Miller & Co., 1901. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [6], 413, [1] pages. Poem by Grace Duffie Boylan. Introductory Chapters by General Joseph Wheeler and Opie Read. Front flyleaf is missing. Missing one illustration (Landing at Montauk Point at page 280). Two illustrations had separated and have been reglued. Cover is worn and soiled. Corners rubbed. Boards and hinges weak and restrengthened with glue. Spine worn, chipped, and torn. Title page is nicely illustrated. Some page soiling. Charles Eugene Banks (April 3, 1852 – April 30, 1932) was an American newspaper editor, journalist, author, novelist, poet, playwright, historian, and orator. Banks was born in Clinton County, Iowa. Banks' professional writing career began with submissions to a regionally distributed trade journal. He eventually found writing work in Chicago, where in 1892 he married actress Carrie Wyatt Lounsbury. Banks returned to Iowa with his wife and in Davenport he mentored several young writers known as the Davenport group: Susan Glaspell, George Cram Cook, and Floyd Dell. . In 1932 he was struck by an automobile and died. Close personal friend Clarence Darrow delivered Banks' eulogy and served as executor of his estate. More