African Game Trails

An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Natrualist

Theodore Roosevelt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

616 Seiten

2001
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-8154-1132-1 (ISBN)

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Ex-President and explorer Theodore Roosevelt recalls in his journal of a hunting trip in Africa the many animals he stalked and killed for the Smithsonian institution, and his meetings with East Africans.

In 1909, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned ex-President Theodore Roosevelt to collect specimens of African wildlife for the National Museum. Roosevelt went to Africa with his son Kermit, several prominent naturalists, and many journalists, thereby initiating the safari industry and setting the standard for the big game hunt. Yet Roosevelt never killed for thrills, instead hunting only specific animals in the amounts requested by the Smithsonian. Making his way from the Kenyan coast to the Upper Nile, he records his impressions of the African landscape, witnesses a traditional lion hunt by African pastoralists, and recalls his meetings with East Africans, to whom he was known as 'Bwana Tumbo (belly).'

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was a soldier, rancher, President of the United States, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and an accomplished explorer and author. His book Through the Brazilian Wilderness is also available from Cooper Square Press. H. W. Brands, the author of the bestselling Roosevelt biography T. R.: The Last Romantic, lives in Austin, Texas.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.6.2001
Einführung	H. W. Brands
Verlagsort	Lanham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 230 mm
Gewicht	930 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-8154-1132-4 / 0815411324
ISBN-13	978-0-8154-1132-1 / 9780815411321
Zustand	Neuware