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The wilderness warrior : Theodore Roosevelt and the crusade for America / Douglas Brinkley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brinkley, Douglas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- Conservation of natural resources--United States--History.
- Conservation of natural resources.
- Nature conservation.
- History.
- United States.
- Nature conservation--United States--History--20th century.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Conservationists--United States--Biography.
- Conservationists.
- United States--Politics and government--1901-1909.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1909-1913.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 940 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper, [2009]
- Summary:
- An extraordinary and timeless biography that looks at the influence the natural world played on Theodore Roosevelt.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [831]-896) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780060565282 :
- 0060565284
- OCLC:
- 232977904
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