>>1961626He was born a sickly child, but though 'fuck that' and decided to work out enough to become really strong and healthy.
On one single day however his first wife and his mother would both die. His diary entry for this day just contains a big 'X' and the words "The light has vanished from my life."
To distract himself from the grief he would move to the wilderness in Montana where he and some assistance would build their own log cabin.
Teddy, despite not being experienced with frontiersmenship managed to cut down more trees in a day than the old pioneers who kept as assistants