I spent a lot of time really crafting her character, making her a symbol of the times just to get people to understand what women were going through. And for me, historical research and writing is a getaway. When on earth do you write? How does this happen?Ĭalvi: Some people do yoga, and some people paint. And oh my goodness, I did feel like I was intruding many, many times.ĭuBois: You're this determined, relentless reporter tracking down information, but you also have a full-time job. Throughout, that's what you feel, like you're in their world. Your loving Thee." She called him "Thee.". Last Sunday evening seems almost like a dream. But a man who may have never have become the president.ĭuBois: This right here, "Darling baby, I've been studying hard all day."Ĭalvi: "I am so happy that I hardly dare trust in my own happiness. I believe she mattered so much, that if it weren't for Alice, we may have a Theodore Roosevelt who was a scientist. Why do you think that is?Ĭalvi: For whatever reason, they didn't feel that Alice mattered, which is not the case at all. And that is why I believe I found a story that no one else had found before, because I thought to look at Alice.ĭuBois: So the history books have dismissed her and disregarded her. With many kisses and much love always you're loving Alice.' The two of them had a relationship for the ages." Alice Hathaway Lee, Teddy Roosevelt, Cousin Rose (standing).ĭuBois: How did you get on the trail? How did this first come to your attention that there's something here?Ĭalvi: I started the research on Alice, and when you start by looking at the woman in the relationship, you just centered everything around her. "And her letter to him is is this, 'My dearest Thee, I've just time to write you a few lines before it is time to go to bed. Of course, they will guess what it is,'" Calvi read. "'Darling Alice, I've just written to my family that I am coming out next Saturday as I have something important to tell them. They reveal a relationship that was emotionally intense and painfully beautiful when you discover the impact it had on Roosevelt and on history.ĬBS2's Maurice DuBois interviewed Mary about her new book. WEB EXTRA: Read an excerpt from the book. "If a Poem Could Live and Breathe" is a novel of Teddy Roosevelt's first love, based on original love letters from the Gilded Age.Ĭalvi was able to see and transcribe the letters, and it's the first time most of them will be published. NEW YORK - CBS2's Mary Calvi has a new book coming out February 14.
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