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Teddy Roosevelt in California : the whistle stop tour that changed America / Chris Epting.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epting, Chris, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Travel--California--Yosemite Valley.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- Muir, John, 1838-1914.
- Muir, John.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Travel.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--History.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.).
- National parks and reserves--United States--History.
- National parks and reserves.
- United States.
- History.
- Naturalists--United States--Biography.
- Naturalists.
- California--Yosemite Valley.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Conservationists--United States--Biography.
- Conservationists.
- California--Yosemite National Park.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- During his whirlwind 1903 tour of the western states, President Theodore Roosevelt paid his first visit to California. In between the appearances and pageantry, he embarked on three days of epic adventure in the wilderness of Yosemite with the famous and influential naturalist John Muir. A lover of the rugged outdoors, Roosevelt was humbled and impressed by the camping trip, which proved to be one of the most important sojourns in presidential history. Through firsthand accounts, speeches and rare photographs, author Chris Epting tells the story of a great and profound journey that had a lasting effect on conservation history and the National Park System. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 A Man Named Muir 13
- Chapter 2 The Trip Begins 19
- Chapter 3 A Badger and a Grand Canyon 38
- Chapter 4 Arriving in California 44
- Chapter 5 Let the Real Adventure Begin: Yosemite 74
- Chapter 6 Heading Back Home 112
- Chapter 7 The Lasting Effects of the Camping Trip 118
- Chapter 8 Remembering (and Retracing) the Camping Trip Today 126.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781626198012
- 1626198012
- OCLC:
- 918591276
- Publisher Number:
- 99965484786
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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