The wilderness warrior Theodore Roosevelt and the crusade for America
An extraordinary and timeless biography that looks at the influence the natural world played on Theodore Roosevelt
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| Sprache: | English |
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New York
Harper
2009
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed |
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| Zusammenfassung: | An extraordinary and timeless biography that looks at the influence the natural world played on Theodore Roosevelt |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [831]-896) and index 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 |
| Beschreibung: | xv, 940 p. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780060565282 |