mississippi

A retelling of the legend of how American president Theodore Roosevelt inspired the making of the first stuffed toy bear.

Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi. He endured a difficult childhood in the Jim Crow South.

Describes how black guide Holt Collier's plea for Teddy Roosevelt to spare the life of a bear led to the creation of the teddy bear.

A retelling of the legend of how American president Theodore Roosevelt inspired the making of the first stuffed toy bear.