Life, 1913-02-20 · page 31 of 48
Life — February 20, 1913 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a *Life* magazine advertisement announcing Theodore Roosevelt's serialized autobiography in *The Outlook* magazine, beginning February 22. There are no cartoons or caricatures. The ad emphasizes Roosevelt's insider perspective on major events: trust prosecutions, the global naval voyage, the Panama Canal, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. It appeals to readers' curiosity about Roosevelt's personal accounts of these historical moments and the "men who made the events." The sales pitch—"few have had the privilege of meeting Mr. Roosevelt at close range"—positions the autobiography as intimate access to a celebrated public figure. At the time (post-presidency), Roosevelt remained a prominent national personality, making his personal reflections a significant "literary event."
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-LIFE- The Literary Event of the Year Theodore Roosevelt's Chapters of AUTOBIOGRAPHY The first installment will appear on the Twenty-second of February in The Outlook and later installments in the succeeding monthly magazine numbers of the year. OW a private citizen, after thirty puzzled the Nation. He will write about years of continuous public service, Mr. Roosevelt will devote himself to relating in familiar and intimate fashion the stirring events of his first half-century of life. Few have had the privilege of meeting Mr. Roosevelt at close range. The millions who know him as speaker, soldier, public servant, will now have the opportunity to know him intimately. He has taken part in so much and has done so many things that what is now to be told is largely a matter of selection. He will relate serious and amusing incidents—will give sidelights on happenings that have interested and events as he has known them personally— as a participant. So much of the personal side of public events as may properly be made known at this time Mr. Roosevelt will relate in these papers. He will tell of the Standard Oil and Sugar Trust prosecutions; of the voy- age of the battle fleet around the world; of the creation of the Inter-State Commerce Commission; of the Panama Canal; and of many other historical events in which he had so large a part. He will deal not only with events, but with the men who made the events. To Begin February 22 he Outlook | New York Send Three Dollars for a Year’s Subscription—or Use the Coupon 7 rs Name Address 7 I enclose 10 cents for three W, consecutive numbers of ‘The Outlook beginning with the first installment Theodore Roosevelt’s Chapters of Autobiography. The Outlook - 287 4th Avenue - New York comicbooks.com