Theodore Roosevelt, Naturalist in the Arena
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Format: Book
Description: xxiv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
"Theodore Roosevelt�s scientific curiosity and love of the outdoors proved a defining force throughout his hectic life as a rancher and explorer, police commissioner and governor of New York, vice president and president of the United States. Conservation and natural history were parts of a whole for this driven, charismatic public servant, and Roosevelt approached the natural world with joy and a passionate engagement. Drawing on an array of approaches�biographical, ecological and environmental, literary and political, Theodore Roosevelt, Naturalist in the Arena analyzes this energetic man�s manifold encounters with the great outdoors. George Bird Grinnell, Gifford Pinchot, John Muir, and William Hornaday were among the many conservationists with whom Roosevelt corresponded, collaborated, hiked, and governed�and in turn, inspired. Together, Roosevelt and his contemporaries developed a progressive argument for the conservation of natural resources as a way to construct a more democratic nation-state. This legacy also comes with some troubling domestic and global implications, as Roosevelt fused his call for the conservation of resources�natural and human, domestically and internationally�with a deep-seated conviction that some were more fit than others to control the world and define its future."--Publisher's website.
Contents:
Part 1. Field notes -- Beauty and tragedy in the wilderness: the naturalism of Theodore Roosevelt / Darrin Lunde -- Theodore Roosevelt: “The outdoor man who writes” / Thomas Cullen Bailey and Katherine Joslin -- “I So Declare It”: Roosevelt�s love affair with birds / Duane G. Jundt -- Urban wild: Theodore Roosevelt�s explorations of Rock Creek Park / Melanie Choukas-Bradley -- Part 2. Outside influences -- “For Generations Yet Unborn”: George Bird Grinnell, Theodore Roosevelt, and the early conservation movement / John F. Reiger -- Play, work, and politics: The remarkable partnership of Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot / Char Miller -- Friendship under five inches of snow: Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite / Barb Rosenstock -- The cowboy, the crusader, and the salvation of the American buffalo / Clay S. Jenkinson -- Part 3. Natural politics -- Theodore Roosevelt, the West, and the New America / Elliott West -- Theodore Roosevelt and conservation: looking abroad / Ian Tyrrell -- Memorializing Theodore Roosevelt: Si monumentum requiris, circumspice / Clay S. Jenkinson.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781496213143
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Roosevelt, Theodore | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | Out (Due: 5/29/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references and index.