Douglas Brinkley

With appreciation of our state parks at the forefront of our minds, historian Douglas Brinkley’s look back at Theodore Roosevelt’s life as our “naturalist president” is timely and important. By setting aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity between 1901 and 1909, Roosevelt made conservation a universal endeavor. Tracing the role that nature played in Roosevelt's storied career, Brinkley brilliantly analyzes the influence that the works of John James Audubon and Charles Darwin had on the young man who would become our twenty-sixth president. 

With descriptive flair, the author illuminates Roosevelt's bird watching in the Adirondacks, wildlife obsession in Yellowstone, hikes in the Blue Ridge Mountains, ranching in the Dakota Territory, hunting in the Big Horn Mountains , and outdoor romps through Idaho and Wyoming . He also profiles Roosevelt 's incredible circle of naturalist friends, from Catskills poet John Burroughs, to Sierra Club founder John Muir, among many others. He brings to life hilarious anecdotes of wild-pig hunting in Texas and badger saving in Kansas , wolf catching in Oklahoma and grouse flushing in Iowa.

Even the story of the teddy bear gets its definitive treatment. Destined to become a classic, this extraordinary and timeless biography offers a penetrating and colorful look at Roosevelt 's naturalist achievements, a legacy now more important than ever. Raising a Paul Revere-like alarm about American wildlife in peril--including buffalo, manatees, antelope, egrets, and elk--Roosevelt saved entire species from probable extinction. As we face the problems of global warming, overpopulation, and sustainable land management, and in California especially, economic hardship that threatens to downsize or simply close down America ’s parks and remaining wild lands, this past leader's stout resolution to protect our environment is an inspiration and a contemporary call to arms for us all.

Please join us to welcome New York Times bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley for a book discussion, Q&A and signing.

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The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America (Hardcover)

By Douglas Brinkley

$34.99

ISBN-13: 9780060565282
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Harper, 8/2009

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