“What was the name of that Englishman? The one with the vast theory, you know?” Harold shook his head- his knowledge of England didn’t extend much beyond the fact that they were on the other side of the ocean. “Darwin, that’s it!”
Given that he was an avid amateur naturalist and likely heard a great deal about Social Darwinism during his Harvard days, this part seems a bit off. For all of his bluster and cowboy-esque demeanor, he was still an extremely well-educated member of the eastern elite after all.
Overall a sad yet fitting end to America's most active and vibrant president. Well written.
 
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Given that he was an avid amateur naturalist and likely heard a great deal about Social Darwinism during his Harvard days, this part seems a bit off. For all of his bluster and cowboy-esque demeanor, he was still an extremely well-educated member of the eastern elite after all.
Overall a sad yet fitting end to America's most active and vibrant president. Well written.
The out-of-universe explanation for that is that it (IMO, at least) flowed better when written that way
The in-universe explanation, well, he was busy that day and had a lot of things on his mind...

Thanks though. I'd hoped to give him something tragic but at the same time a death he would've appreciated.
 
It's sad but I think we all figured this was going to be Teddy's last rodeo so I wasn't surprised when I read the title.

Just for the lulz, you could turn Harold Beaumont into a Forest Gump character where the dude inexplicitly finds himself witnessing several important historical moments throughout his life. He becomes a successful businessmen at some point and you can take it from there:

He meets members of the Habsburg family in the rump state of Danubia in some restaurant as they prepare for a speech later in the evening, drinks coffee with a relative of Sorel's in Red Paris before a huge riot breaks out, shakes the hand of the Kaiser during some significant wedding in imperial Berlin, witnesses a argument between Japanese and Vietnamese merchants in Japanese controlled Hanoi before a important assassination takes place, spends time in Italian Somalia and accidently joins a dinner party between Ethiopian and Japanese nobility, is hiking in the desert of Chad with some Bedouin guides and sees the first successful German oil drill strike black gold with whooping workers making a racket, experiences a tense car ride in Dublin and sees a British guardsmen get shot by a Irish nationalist before being escorted away for his own safety, etc.

I'm not saying to turn the TL into "Adventures with Harold", but he could be a funny recurring character we see now and then. Later, when he gets old and writes his memoirs, it becomes an instant bestseller with historians in particular marveling at how such an unassuming man could have had such an interesting life.
it would kind break from story, strech plausbilty and even without trying would make story more and more about him. The current format perfect, if it ain’t broke don’t fix he good as a one off character
 
it would kind break from story, strech plausbilty and even without trying would make story more and more about him. The current format perfect, if it ain’t broke don’t fix he good as a one off character
That's more or less the plan as I see it- some one-off characters every now and then for variety, but nothing continuous. This isn't a novel!
 
The Mexicans screwed up royally by killing an ex-President. The Americans aren't going to be in the mood to treat them gently with the peace treaty.
Absolutely. Revanche will be very strong in the 'States- this features in my new chapter. But then, they didn't do it intentionally- Roosevelt put himself on the frontlines of a war knowing what could happen. I imagine the man who killed him died in combat
 
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"Bully! Nothing like hunting Mexicans... The most dangerous game in the world!" Teddy Roosevelt, famous last words (attributed).

Things are quite more difficult, when the prey shoots back. Even a great man can fall to a small bullet. Rest in peace, you amazing suicidal bastard.

Regarding possible American patriotic outrage, I'm (mis)remembering some jokes from stand-up comedian Louis: "Of course, of course it's terrible that our soldiers are fighting and dying in a foreign country, and they deserve all the support we can give them. But maybe, maybe... If you go to someone else's country, and start shooting, the odds are they are going to shoot back at you."
 
"Bully! Nothing like hunting Mexicans... The most dangerous game in the world!" Teddy Roosevelt, famous last words (attributed).

Things are quite more difficult, when the prey shoots back. Even a great man can fall to a small bullet. Rest in peace, you amazing suicidal bastard.

Regarding possible American patriotic outrage, I'm (mis)remembering some jokes from stand-up comedian Louis: "Of course, of course it's terrible that our soldiers are fighting and dying in a foreign country, and they deserve all the support we can give them. But maybe, maybe... If you go to someone else's country, and start shooting, the odds are they are going to shoot back at you."
That's about it, alright! :)
The US is about to start taking the war a lot more seriously... as we'll see tomorrow
 
Absolutely. Revanche will be very strong in the 'States- this features in my new chapter. But then, they didn't do it intentionally- Roosevelt put himself on the frontlines of a war knowing what could happen. I imagine the man who killed him died in combat
Such sentiments are rarely rational. Can't get revenge on the guy who actually did it? Get revenge on his country instead.
That's about it, alright! :)
The US is about to start taking the war a lot more seriously... as we'll see tomorrow
Are the Americans fixing to cut themselves another slice of Mexico? Like, for instance, the northwest?
 
Such sentiments are rarely rational. Can't get revenge on the guy who actually did it? Get revenge on his country instead.

Are the Americans fixing to cut themselves another slice of Mexico? Like, for instance, the northwest?
Oh, I totally agree it's irrational- I'm saying it's unfair (but, well, so is life, so...)
Right now, they've formed an alliance with Alvaro Obregon. I doubt he'd be willing to submit to Yankee rule... and the Southern Dems would be livid at having to take in a bunch of foreign Mexicans.
Hmm, another possible option:

"Who wants a buffer state? You get a buffer state. And you get a buffer state. Everyone gets a buffer state!"

Perhaps a certain Emiliano would be interested in this...
Him and Obregon.
 
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