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The naturalist : Theodore Roosevelt, a lifetime of exploration, and the triumph of American natural history / Darrin Lunde.

Summary:

"A biography of Theodore Roosevelt focusing on his career as a naturalist, his role as a pioneer for wilderness engagement, and an early advocate for museum building"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307464309
ISBN: 030746430X
Physical Description: viii, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Part I. The Museum Naturalist. Chapter 1. The Seal on Broadway ; Chapter 2. Collections Make Museums ; Chapter 3. The Mind but Not the Body ; Chapter 4. Full-Bore Birder ; Chapter 5. Egypt, Land of My Dreams ; Chapter 6. Alone at Harvard -- Part II. All Hunters Should Be Nature Lovers. Chapter 7. Roosevelt Rebels ; Chapter 8. Hell with the Fires Out ; Chapter 9. Change in the West ; Chapter 10. Winchester Naturalist ; Chapter 11. Real Men and Mousers ; Chapter 12. A Tiffany Knife to the Heart ; Chapter 13. Who's a Nature Faker? -- Part III. Roosevelt's New Naturalism. Chapter 14. I Am Going to Africa ; Chapter 15. A Railroad Through the Pleistocene ; Chapter 16. Bwana Tumbo - Mr. Big Belly ; Chapter 17. Deep in Prehistoric Thought ; Chapter 18. Bent on Mischief ; Chapter 19. Hunters and Naturalists ; Epilogue. The End of the Game -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and Notes -- Bibliography -- Photography Credits -- Index.