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1 online resource (vii, 334 pages) : illustrations |
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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. |
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Introduction -- The museum naturalist -- All hunters should be nature lovers -- Roosevelt's new naturalism -- Epilogue: The end of the game. |
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The surprising story of intrepid naturalist Theodore Roosevelt and how his lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America's wildlife conservation movement. Perhaps no American president is more associated with nature and wildlife than Theodore Roosevelt, a prodigious hunter and adventurer and an ardent conservationist. We think of Roosevelt as an original, yet in The Naturalist, Darrin Lunde shows how from his earliest days Roosevelt actively modeled himself in the proud tradition of museum naturalists-the men who pioneered a key branch of American biology through their desire to collect animal specimens and develop a taxonomy of the natural world. The influence these men would have on Roosevelt would shape not just his personality but his career, informing his work as a politician and statesman and ultimately affecting generations of Americans' relationship to this country's wilderness. Pulling from Roosevelt's diaries and expedition journals, Lunde constructs a brilliantly researched, singularly insightful history that reveals the roots of Roosevelt's enduring naturalist legacy through the group little-known men whose work and lives defined his own. From the Hardcover edition. |
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Demonstrates how Theodore Roosevelt actively modeled himself in the proud tradition of influential museum naturalists, exploring how his passion for the natural world set the stage for America's wildlife conservation movement. |
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"The surprising story of our "naturalist president" Theodore Roosevelt and how his lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America's wildlife conservation movement. No United States president is more popularly associated with nature and wildlife than Theodore Roosevelt--prodigious hunter, tireless adventurer, and ardent conservationist. We think of him as a larger-than-life original, yet in The Naturalist, Darrin Lunde has located Roosevelt in the proud tradition of museum naturalism. From his earliest days, Roosevelt actively modeled himself on the men who pioneered a key branch of biology through the collection of animal specimens and by developing a taxonomy of the natural world. The influence they would have on Roosevelt shaped not only his audacious personality but his career, informing his work as a statesman and ultimately affecting generations of Americans' relationship to this country's wilderness. Drawing on Roosevelt's diaries and expedition journals and pulling from his own experience as a leading figure in today's museum naturalism, Lunde constructs a thoughtfully researched, singularly insightful history that tracks Roosevelt's maturation from exuberant boyhood hunter to vital champion of serious scientific inquiry"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-320) and index. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. |
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Nature conservation -- United States.
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Natural history museums -- United States.
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Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Conservationists. |
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Natural history museums. |
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Naturalists. |
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Nature conservation. |
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Presidents. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Lunde, Darrin P. Naturalist New York : Crown Publishers, 2016 9780307464309 (DLC) 2015036683 (OCoLC)908914288 |
| ISBN |
9780307464323 : $48.00 |
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0307464326 : $48.00 |
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