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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
2014 · TV series · documentary · 1 season
Created by Ken Burns
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
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Wow. I love Ken Burns. Did not know he did Ali as well. The Vietnam War, The Roosevelts and Prohibition by him are among my favorite documentaries.
'The Roosevelts,' Ken Burns' Latest PBS Documentary said that Teddy Roosevelt ate a dozen eggs for breakfast every morning.
At "U.S. Presidents Eating Breakfast"
https://www.mrbreakfast.com/breakfast/presidents-eating-breakfast/
it says:
"Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
President Teddy Roosevelt was pretty set in his ways when it came to breakfast. He’d have hard-boiled eggs and homemade rolls. He insisted that the eggs be cooked until solid throughout. Medium or soft-boiled eggs wouldn’t cut it. As for the rolls, they had to be fresh and there had to be a lot of them. In the rare times that he’d deviate from his routine, it was usually in favor of hominy with butter and salt."
If you saw Ken Burns' series on The Roosevelts, there was plenty of film of this.
FDR had developed a way of moving stiff legged in his braces. It was painful and difficult.