Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), the 26th President of the United States, was famed for his military and political leadership, as well as his work as a naturalist and explorer. A vocal admirer of Harris and the Uncle Remus tales, Roosevelt invited Harris to a private dinner at the White House in 1907.
By the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, in conjunction with the Center for the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis.