Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt's Wilderness Writings

Herausgeber: Schullery, Paul

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Theodore Roosevelt’s lifelong study of and enthusiasm for outdoor adventure came a host of durable writings; the collection celebrates his love of nature study and outdoor adventure, and champions preserving wild nature for the wellbeing of both individuals and the nation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bison Books
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496240521
• ISBN-10: 1496240529
• Artikelnr.: 70546548

Autorenporträt

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), twenty-sixth president of the United States, won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1906 for mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5). His three dozen books include The Wilderness Hunter, The Rough Riders (Bison Books, 1998), Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail (Bison Books, 1983), and A Book-Lover’s Holiday in the Open. Paul Schullery is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than fifty books on history, nature, and outdoor sport, including The Bear Doesn’t Know: Life and Wonder in Bear Country (Bison Books, 2021) and Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness.    

Inhaltsangabe

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