{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"CIP 050. Succeed by Sticking It Out: Theodore Roosevelt\u2019s Black-Eyed Showdown with White-Faced Kid","description":"In 1883, Theodore Roosevelt was on a Buffalo hunting trip in the rugged and untamed Badlands of Medora, North Dakota, when a couple of cowboy pranksters made \u201cthe dude\u201d from the big city the target of a devious practical joke. In this episode of Classic Influence, we travel back to the lawless and violent Wild West to learn how a twenty-five year old rich kid from New York City named TR faced ridicule and defeat, but refused to back down, even as the raucous laughter of the cowboy bullies began to draw a crowd from the nearby saloon. But would the \u201ctoughest little town in the Badlands\u201d witness the infamous bucking bronco, White-Faced Kid, murder another tenderfoot? Or was it Roosevelt that would have the last laugh? Listen in and learn more\u2014discover the key characteristic that transformed a sickly, asthmatic young boy into one of the greatest and most tenacious leaders in American history. ","author_name":"Classic Influence: Timeless Lessons from the Legends","author_url":"http:\/\/classicinfluence.com\/show\/","html":"