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100 1 _aBrinkley, Douglas,
_e1960-
245 1 4 _aThe wilderness warrior :
_bTheodore Roosevelt and the crusade for America /
_cDouglas Brinkley.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarper Perennial,
_c2010.
300 _axiii, 940 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [831]-896) and index.
505 0 _aThe education of a Darwinian naturalist -- Animal rights and evolution -- Of science, fish, and Robert B. Roosevelt -- Harvard and the north woods of Maine -- Midwest tramping and the conquering of the Matterhorn -- Chasing buffalo in the Badlands and grizzlies in the Bighorns -- Cradle of conservation: the Elkhorn Ranch of North Dakota -- Wildlife protection business: Boone and Crockett Club meets the U.S. Biological Survey -- Laying the groundwork with John Burroughs and Benjamin Harrison -- The wilderness hunter in the electric age -- The Bronx Zoo founder -- The rough rider -- Higher political perches -- The advocate of the strenuous life -- The conservationist president and the bully pulpit for forestry -- The great Mississippi bear hunt and saving the Puerto Rican parrot -- Crater Lake and Wind Cave National Parks -- Paul Kroegel and the Feather Wars of Florida -- Passports to the parks: Yellowstone, The Grand Canyon, and Yosemite -- Beauty unmarred: winning the White House in 1904 -- The Oklahoma Hills (or, where the buffalo president roams) -- The national monuments of 1906 -- The prehistoric sites of 1907 -- Mighty birds: federal reservations of 1907-1908 -- The preservationist revolution of 1908 -- Dangerous antagonist: the last bold steps of 1909.
520 _aEvaluates Theodore Roosevelt's role in launching modern conservationsim, identifying the contributions of such influences as James Audubon and John Muir while describing how Roosevelt's exposure to natural wonders in his early life shaped his environmental values.
600 1 4 _aRoosevelt, Theodore,
_d1858-1919
650 0 _aConservation of natural resources
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aNature conservation
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aConservationists
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 4 _aConservación de los recursos naturales
_zEstados Unidos
_xHistoria.
_93554
650 4 _aConservación de la naturaleza
_zEstados Unidos
_xHistoria
_ySiglo XX.
_918094
650 4 _aPresidentes
_zEstados Unidos
_vBiografías
_91546
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009291902-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009291902-d.html
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