![]() The author’s note at the end has only helped to stoke my interest in Alice Lee Roosevelt. Alice is our narrator beginning with her rebellious teenage years and ending in her eighties. If only a hand full of events are true then, Alice marched to her own drum at a time when women and young girls didn’t have much freedom. Despite the book being historical fiction, I feel like I’ve learned a bit more about Alice Roosevelt.īeing a historical fiction novel, I assume that Thornton took artistic liberties with the story so I don’t know what is fact and what is fiction, but I am reminded of the Mark Twain quote,” fact is stranger than fiction”. I wondered if what was said about her was true, so I picked up the book to satisfy my curiosity. Theodore Roosevelt is a favorite president of mine and Alice has always fascinated me. ![]() ![]() She was the precocious eldest child of Theodore Roosevelt, of whom he was quoted as saying, “I can either run the country or I can control Alice I can’t do both.” Known as the “original White House Wild child,” this is the first piece of historical fiction to be written about Alice Roosevelt that I’ve read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Alice Lee Roosevelt was called “the other Washington monument” and after reading American Princess by Stephanie Grace Thornton I understand why. ![]()
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