Book Review: ‘If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love’

Book Review: ‘If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love’
“If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love” by Mary Calvi is both a historical novel and romance novel. St. Martin's Press
Anita L. Sherman
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Author of “Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington’s First Love,” Mary Calvi offers readers another fascinating fictional novel crafted from primary source material.

“If a Poem Could Live and Breathe,” which was released earlier this year, is at once a historical novel and a romance novel centered on young Theodore Roosevelt and his first love, Alice Hathaway Lee.

Anita L. Sherman
Anita L. Sherman
Author
Anita L. Sherman is an award-winning journalist who has more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor for local papers and regional publications in Virginia. She now works as a freelance writer and is working on her first novel. She is the mother of three grown children and grandmother to four, and she resides in Warrenton, Va. She can be reached at [email protected]
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