IN THE ARENA with David S. Brown - January 8 - VIRTUAL
January 8, 2026 • 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
From acclaimed historian and author David S. Brown comes a captivating new biography of Teddy Roosevelt, exploring the life of America’s 26th president and his pivotal role in shaping the dawn of the American Century.
In the Arena vividly brings Roosevelt to life as a man of striking contradictions: a rugged outdoorsman with a love for books, a war hero who earned a Nobel Peace Prize, and a larger-than-life figure whose energy seemed boundless. Through compelling storytelling and meticulous research, Brown explores the pivotal moments that forged Roosevelt’s indomitable spirit, from battling childhood asthma to witnessing the deaths of both his mother and his wife on the same day, to wrangling cattle in the West and preserving 150 million acres of national land.
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About the Author:
David S. Brown teaches history at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of eight books, including In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution; A Hell of a Storm: The Battle for Kansas, the End of Compromise, and the Coming of the Civil War; The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson; The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams; and biographies of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Richard Hofstadter.
About the Moderator:
Jeffrey L. Nichols is the Executive Director of The Mark Twain House & Museum. Prior to his current position, he was the CEO of The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Executive Director of Georgetown Heritage in Washington, D.C., and President & CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest in Virginia. He holds a B.A. degree from Southern Connecticut State University with a major in American History. He also has an M.S. in Museum Education from the Bank Street College of Education, and an M.B.A. from the University of New Haven.
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Virtual author programs are supported by Suzanne Hopgood in the memory of former MTH&M Trustee Frank Lord.
