The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America

Publisher Marketing: Historian Douglas Brinkley draws on never-before-published materials to examine the life and achievements of our "naturalist president." By setting aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity between 1901 and 1909, Theodore Roosevelt made conservation a universal endeavor. This crusade for the American wilderness was perhaps the greatest U. S. presidential initiative between the Civil War and World War I. 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. He also profiles Roosevelt's incredible circle of naturalist friends, including the Catskills poet John Burroughs, Boone and Crockett Club cofounder George Bird Grinnell, and 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. 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. As we face the problems of global warming, overpopulation, and sustainable land management, this imposing leader's stout resolution to protect our environment is an inspiration and a contemporary call to arms for us all. Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/15/2008 pg. 53 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) Outside 07/01/2009 pg. 30 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2009 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Time 08/03/2009 pg. 18 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 08/09/2009 pg. 1 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) Booklist 08/01/2009 pg. 24 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 08/15/2009 pg. 90 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 08/16/2009 pg. 18 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) New Yorker (The) 08/24/2009 pg. 77 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) New York Review of Books 11/05/2009 pg. 44 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/06/2009 pg. 22 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/11/2009 pg. 37 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2010 pg. 7 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 1133 (EAN 9780060565282, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 06/06/2010 pg. 44 (EAN 9780060565312, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Brinkley, Douglas Douglas Brinkley is a professor of history at Rice University, CBS News Historian, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. The Chicago Tribune has dubbed him "America's new past master." Seven of his books have been selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Cronkite won the Sperber Prize for Best Book in Journalism and was a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year 2012. The Great Deluge won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives in Texas with his wife and three children. Brinkley has been awarded honorary doctorates from Trinity College (Connecticut), University of Maine, Hofstra University, and Allegheny College, among many others. Contributor Bio:  Holland, Dennis Dennis Holland is a voice actor with an extensive background from commercials for Lucky Charms, Sam Adams, Panasonic, American Express, and others, to audiobooks by authors such as Anita Shreve, William Gibson, and Douglas Brinkley. He previously worked as a talent representative for television sports and news personalities.