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Historical Badassitude
Everybody has heard of Sir Francis Drake. Even if you haven’t heard of him, you know of him. So quick synopsis of his career: Born in 1540 in the town of Tavistock, Devon and left for Kent with his family due to religious persecution. He was a sailor from a young age, mostly due to close family ties with a shipbuilder, and gained command of his own vessel at the age of 22 or 23 (accounts vary). He made the trip the Americas around that time, and after the defeat of San Juan de Ulúa made a couple of trips to the West Indies. At this point he began his…
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Carrie Nation- A bulldog for Jesus
Carrie Nation did not have an easy life. Born Carry Amelia Moore on born Nov. 25, 1846 in Garrard county, Kentucky, she grew up poor. She spent time with her siblings on her father’s farm, and eventually changed her name to Carrie. As tensions grew ahead of the Civil War, her father moved the family from Kentucky to Cass County, Missouri. However, instead of finding less tension the family found more. They bounced from Missouri to Texas and back to Missouri, ending up in Kansas City. Carrie nursed wounded soldiers at the hospital in Independence. The family suffered much hardship during the war. Her mother ended her days in an…
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Phoebe’s Favourite Badass – Lt-Gen Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO
I read ERs article on her favourite badass with interest. Theodore Roosevelt does seem to have been a leading man in the world of Politics and indeed his moves to re-vitalise the United States were ambitious and ground-breaking. He was definitely a man of the people, and perhaps worthy of the title. But, for me, having a military background, it only seems natural for me to turn my attention to an area that I feel I am close to, whilst choosing my favourite badass. War. But who to choose? So many worthy men to choose from. Doge Enrico Dandolo? Marcus Cassius Scaeva? Xiahou Dun? What did all these men have…
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Hauntings – Theodore Roosevelt
We all know Teddy Roosevelt was a badass. This is a guy who was a soldier in some of the roughest most dangerous areas; dealt with the rampant corruption of the New York City Police Department at a time when no one else could; and finished a speech with a bullet in his chest. If I had to pick a candidate for badassiest president, it would be Teddy. Need further proof? Take a read through our article on him, and then head back. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=248183865523703&id=147401292268628 But what if I told you that TR didn’t leave us when he died? Mr. Roosevelt was not a young man (by the standards of the…
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Theodore Roosevelt- The Man in the Arena
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at…
