Similarities of the Roosevelt family.

Rating: Null/10 (15 March 2007)

I just recently finished a book on Teddy Roosevelt titled "Mornings on Horseback" by David McCullogh. It dawned on me that the writer of "Legends of the Fall" had to be familiar with the Roosevelts and Theodore's brother Elliot. After the death of his father he traveled the world as a big game hunter but never recovered from the loss of his dad and suffered immeasurably from his inability to measure up to his family's expectations. He died at the age of 34. He suffered from chronic alcoholism and depression. He was gifted as a youth with much charisma and intellect but could not conquer his own demons. Legends of the Fall was one of my favorite movies and being a bi-polar individual I could readily identify with what they called "The Bear" in him. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the movie as they could see for themselves the similarities drawn between fact and fiction.