The wilderness warrior : Theodore Roosevelt and the crusade for America / Douglas Brinkley.
An extraordinary and timeless biography that looks at the influence the natural world played on Theodore Roosevelt.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper,
[2009], ©2009.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 940 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Contents:
- The education of a Darwinian naturalist
- Animal rights and evolution
- Of science, fish, and Robert B. Roosevelt
- Harvard and the North Woods of Maine
- Midwest tramping and the conquering of the Matterhorn
- Chasing buffalo in the Badlands and grizzlies in the Bighorns
- Cradle of conservation : the Elkhorn Ranch of North Dakota
- Wildlife protection business : Boone and Crockett Club meets the U.S. Biological Survey
- Laying the groundwork with John Burroughs and Benjamin Harrison
- The wilderness hunter in the Electric Age
- The Bronx Zoo founder
- The Rough Rider
- Higher political perches
- The advocate of the strenuous life
- The conservationist President and the bully pulpit for forestry
- The Great Mississippi Bear Hunt and saving the Puerto Rican parrot
- Crater Lake and Wind Cave National Parks
- Paul Kroegel and the Feather Wars of Florida
- Passports to the parks : Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Yosemite
- Beauty unmarred : winning the White House in 1904
- The Oklahoma Hills (or, Where the Buffalo President roams)
- The national monuments of 1906
- The prehistoric sites of 1907
- Mighty birds : Federal reservations of 1907-1908
- The Preservationist Revolution of 1908
- Dangerous antagonist : the last bold steps of 1909.