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From: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Title pages ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character) ; Columbia (Symbolic character)


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Book II--Youth -- "The Goddess of hunting, at the the request of Pallas Columbia, accustoms Teddysses to the perils of the chase"

From: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Ranching ; Political cartoons ; Diana (Roman deity)


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Book VI--Temptation -- "The Sirens try to lure Teddysses to the 'Rocks,' but having bound himself to the Ship of State, Columbia steers him through"

From: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Political cartoons ; Presidents--United States ; Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937 ; Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 ; Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913 ; Industrialists


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Book IX--Incantation -- "Pallas Columbia warns Teddysses against the magic oil of the enchantress Circe, which had turned so many of his comrades into swine"

From: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Political cartoons ; Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937 ; Lobbying ; Political corruption ; Presidents--United States ; Columbia (Symbolic character)


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Book X--Iteration -- "ZE U.S., Pallas Columbia, the people, foreign rulers, all beseech Teddysses to retain the empire"

From: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Political cartoons ; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character) ; Elections--United States ; Presidents--United States ; Presidents--Term of office ; Columbia (Symbolic character)


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Book XI--Apotheosis -- "Pallas Columbia requests for him a place in history"

From: Otho Cushing, Teddyssey, 1907.
Subjects: Cushing, Otho, 1871-1942 ; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 ; Political cartoons ; Legacies ; Columbia (Symbolic character)

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