Roosevelt the Explorer: T.R.'s Amazing Adventures as a Naturalist, Conservationi

Description: Roosevelt the Explorer by H. Paul Jeffers Jeffers book chronicles Theodore Roosevelts lifelong quests and expeditions--thrilling and often dangerous journeys that produced much important scientific research and took him across North America, South America, and Africa. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Jeffers book chronicles Theodore Roosevelts lifelong quests and expeditions - thrilling and often dangerous journeys that produced much important scientific research and took him across North America, South America, and Africa. Author Biography H. Paul Jeffers is the author of more than fifty books, including Colonel Roosevelt, Freemasons, and Dark Mysteries of the Vatican. He has appeared on C-SPAN, Fox News, and The History Channel. He lives in New York City. Table of Contents Part One: Enough to Make It ExcitingChapter 1: Curious TeedieChapter 2: Back-East DudeChapter 3: Danny, Davy, and TeddyChapter 4: Strong as a Bull MoosePart Two: For the Generations to ComeChapter 5: To Learn to Swim, You Must Get into the WaterChapter 6: Former Stamping GroundChapter 7: A Bear Named TeddyPart Three: Hurrah for AfricaChapter 8: "Health to the Lions!"Chapter 9: The Man on the CowcatcherChapter 10: The Lions of the KapitiChapter 11: I Am Not a Rhinoceros Mind-ReaderChapter 12: Land of the MasaiChapter 13: Crossing the ThirstChapter 14: With Rifle and CameraChapter 15: Most Interesting of All the animalsChapter 16: Tales by Poe on the Upper NilePart Four: To Be a Boy AgainChapter 17: Reunion at KhartoumChapter 18: Merely DeferredChapter 19: A Difficult Trip AheadChapter 20: "Im bully!"Chapter 21: All Well and CheerfulChapter 22: The Oxford Book of French VerseChapter 23: A River of Real ImportanceChapter 24: Murder in the JungleChapter 25: A Wedding in Spain Review Most people think of Thomas Jefferson as the quintessential Renaissance president, while Theodore Roosevelt is remembered as a trust-busting empire builder. But, as H. Paul Jeffers shows, Roosevelt was a highly developed natural scientist, explorer, and the first real environmental president. As an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and associate member of Roosevelts own Boone and Crockett Club, I read Jeffers text with a feeling that I was at T.R.s side. -- Charles M. Robinson III, author of The Men Who Wear the Star: The Story of the Texas Rangers and A Good Year to Die: The Story of the Great Sioux WarTheodore Roosevelt loved both nature and adventure. Whether ranching in the Dakotas, pursuing big game in Africa, or exploring South American rivers, T.R. lived the strenuous life other dreamed of leading. Now H. Paul Jeffers brings that story to life in a vivid, fast-paced narrative that at times is as breathtaking as the man himself. -- Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University, author of Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over AdversityA fascinating, affectionate biography of Roosevelt the outdoorsman, hunter, adventurer, nature-lover, and westerner. Filled with striking quotations and evocative details. -- Edward E. Leslie, author of Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other Survivors Long Description No American president has been more enthusiastic in appreciating the wilderness and in conserving our nations natural treasures than Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). And no other president wrote more about nature and his explorations of it than T. R., in scattered books, such as African Wilderness, and in his countless letters, including those collected in The Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt). Roosevelt the Explorer, by historian and Roosevelt biographer H. Paul Jeffers, is the only book to offer a comprehensive, lifelong chronicle of the consummate adventurers exploits and expeditions, which compelled him to traverse some of our planets most difficult terrains. Within these lively pages, Roosevelt collects more than a hundred bird specimens in Egypt at age fourteen; hunts grizzlies and other game in the wilds of the Dakota territory; founds the Boon and Crockett Club, the nations first conservation group; and inspires the first Teddy Bear. Jeffers describes T. R.s efforts as president, against fierce opposition, to establish an unprecedented system of national parks and to ensure the safety of Americas vast federal forests and wetlands from rampant development. In the words of Roosevelt himself, the adventures unfold T. R.s 1909-1910, eleven-month, Smithsonian-inspired safari across Africa, from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to Khartoum in Egypt, which followed his two terms as president; and his 1913-1914 danger-drenched expedition to map South Americas 950-mile River of Doubt (a previously unexplored tributary to the Amazon River later renamed Rio Roosevelt in his honor). During the trip, one man drowned, another was murdered, and the culprit went insane, fleeing into the jungle. Roosevelt was lucky to escape alive, nearly drowning and plagued by jungle fever, dysentery, an ulcerated leg, blood poisoning, and malaria. Illustrated with rare cartoons and photos, and filled with hairbreadth escapes, exotic animals and locales, and unparalleled excitement, Roosevelt the Explorer brings to life T. R.s thrilling and often controversial exploits as no other book has done since the twenty-sixth president took his pen in hand over eighty years ago. Review Quote Theodore Roosevelt loved both nature and adventure. Whether ranching in the Dakotas, pursuing big game in Africa, or exploring South American rivers, T.R. lived the strenuous life other dreamed of leading. Now H. Paul Jeffers brings that story to life in a vivid, fast-paced narrative that at times is as breathtaking as the man himself. Details ISBN0878332901 Author H. Paul Jeffers Short Title ROOSEVELT THE EXPLORER Publisher Taylor Trade Publishing Language English ISBN-10 0878332901 ISBN-13 9780878332908 Media Book Format Hardcover Imprint Taylor Trade Publishing Place of Publication Lanham Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Birth 1934 Residence New York City, NY, US Death 2009 Subtitle T.R.s Amazing Adventures as a Naturalist, Conservationist, and Explorer DOI 10.1604/9780878332908 UK Release Date 2002-11-04 AU Release Date 2002-11-04 NZ Release Date 2002-11-04 US Release Date 2002-11-04 Pages 326 Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-11-04 Alternative 9781589799417 DEWEY 973.911092 Audience General Illustrations Illustrations; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; Black & White Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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