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Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, was not only the most famous hunter of his generation of Americans, but he was also among its best-informed and most popular outdoor writers. Edmund Heller, the well-known Smithsonian biologist who accompanied Roosevelt on his famous African expedition, said that the former president was the world's foremost authority on large mammals. He was also an avid bibliophile and had what may have been the finest large mammal library in North America in the early 1900s. Roosevelt communicated with authorities-both sportsmen and scientists-in all parts of the world. From his lifelong study and enthusiasm for outdoor adventure came a host of durable writings, gathered together here in a collection that celebrates the natural world.
Roosevelt's commitment to saving wild places is one of his most lasting contributions as a U.S. president. This collection combines classic hunting and nature narratives with his equally durable advocacy of wilderness protection for the sake of personal and national character. This new edition features an introduction by Paul Schullery that provides historical and ecological context.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Editor's Note on the Text
Introduction
Part 1. Wilderness Adventures
Chapter 1. The Joy of the Wild
Chapter 2. The American Wilderness: Wilderness Hunters and Wilderness Game
Chapter 3. The Big-Horn Sheep
Chapter 4. In the Louisiana Canebrakes
Chapter 5. Down an Unknown River into the Equatorial Forest
Part 2. Wilderness Preservation
Chapter 6. A National Park Service
Chapter 7. John Muir: An Appreciation
Chapter 8. Wilderness Reserves: The Yellowstone Park
Chapter 9. Bird Reserves at the Mouth of the Mississippi
Chapter 10. Grand Canyon Speech, 1903
Part 3. Natural History
Chapter 11. Small Country Neighbors
Chapter 12. The Wapiti or Round-Horned Elk
Chapter 13. On the Cattle Ranges
Chapter 14. My Life as a Naturalist
Notes
Sources of the Readings
