before revealing who we chose to be the 2nd subject of "famous guinea pig owners," i first want to thank you--the fans--for making this TGPTS's most successful series debut to date! this new project has proven to be much more educational than i expected, but even more surprising is how much i love researching and learning all this history stuff! mommy teaches us lots of important things; however, her lifelong lack of interest in history, coupled with the subsequent deficiency in her historical knowledge, makes history a rare topic of discussion. (see mommy's own blog for the psychological analysis...) but even mommy loves this new project and is absorbing all the random historical facts we're collecting. but enough about the project, here's the latest issue:
teddy roosevelt not only had several guinea pigs, he also wrote about them in letters that were published in the book "theodore roosevelt's letters to his children." according to sources, roosevelt's "deep and abiding love of children, of family and home—this was the dominating passion of his life. Whenever he was separated from them—in the Spanish War, or on a hunting trip, or because they were at school—he sent his children these messages of constant thought and love, for they were never for a moment out of his mind and heart." in one such letter to e.s. martin, roosevelt wrote:
"...Did I ever tell you about my second small boy's names for his Guinea pigs? They included Bishop Doane; Dr. Johnson, my Dutch Reformed pastor; Father G. Grady, the local priest with whom the children had scraped a speaking acquaintance; Fighting Bob Evans, and Admiral Dewey."bob evans? mommy LOVES bob evans!
