What was name of Theodore Roosevelt's first published book?
A. The Naval War of 1812.
B. The History of George Washington.
C. The Missionaries of New York.
D. A Field Guide of New York's Wildlife.
While at Harvard, Roosevelt began a systematic study of the role played by the nascent US Navy in the War of 1812. Reading through literature on the subject, Roosevelt found both American and British accounts heavily biased and that there had been no systematic study of the tactics employed in the war. Although a challenge for a young man with no formal military or naval education, he did his own research using original source materials and official US Navy records. Unlike previous American and British books that ignored quantifiable facts to push a specific agenda, Roosevelt's carefully researched book was akin to today's modern doctoral dissertations, complete with carefully researched drawings.
It is today considered one of the first modern American historical works. "The Naval War of 1812" was immediately accepted by reviewers and the newly established Naval War College adopted it for study, and the Department of the Navy ordered a copy placed in the libraries of ever