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Theodore Roosevelt Revisited

Biographer Edmund Morris finds parallels between the events of 1901, when an anarchist's bullet thrust Theodore Roosevelt into the presidency, and today, when terrorists want to bring the country down. Hear Morris discuss his latest book, Theodore Rex. (8:45) (Theodore Rex is published by Random House. ISBN: 03945

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