The book is about a libel trial initiated by former President Theodore Roosevelt against an Ishpeming newspaper editor in the early 20th century, but it’s also about local life at the time.

In 1897, President McKinley appointed Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt's enthusiastic support for intervention--he once said, "I should welcome ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 6, 1919, former President Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep in Oyster Bay, New York, at age 60. That he was so ...