Evaluates 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.
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"Douglas Brinkley brings to this magnificent story of Theodore Roosevelt's crusade on behalf of America's national parks the same qualities that made TR so fascinating a figure'an astonishing range of knowledge, a superb narrative skill, a wonderfully vivid writing style and an inexhaustible energy." 'Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals A vast, inspiring, and enormously entertaining book.' ' New York Times Book Review From New York Times bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley comes a sweeping historical narrative and eye-opening look at the pioneering environmental policies of President Theodore Roosevelt, avid bird-watcher, naturalist, and the founding father of America's conservation movement'now approaching its 100th anniversary.
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