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roosevelts: an intimate history

A frail, asthmatic young Theodore Roosevelt transforms himself into a vigorous champion of the strenuous life, loses one great love and finds another, leads men into battle and then rises like a rocket to become the youngest president in American history at 42. Meanwhile, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, brought up as the pampered only child of adoring parents, follows his older cousin's career with worshipful fascination and begins to think he might one day follow in his footsteps.

Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes and 28 seconds

Episode Number: 101

About Roosevelts: An Intimate History:

The lives of the three great Roosevelts -- Teddy, Franklin and Eleanor -- are captured in this series.

Ken Burns and producer, Paul Barnes describe the lives and times of these three American icons who influenced 20th century American history more than perhaps any other family.

Through wars, revolutions, depressions, movements, the three led the country through what was called America's century.

At times they had little in common but for one thing they always had in common .

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their ability, desire and conviction to lead.

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