At a glance
- Author
- Douglas Brinkley
- Reading time
- 27 hours
Contents
- PROLOGUE
- “I SO DECLARE IT”: PELICAN ISLAND, FLORIDA
- CHAPTER ONE
- THE EDUCATION OF A DARWINIAN NATURALIST
- CHAPTER TWO
- ANIMAL RIGHTS AND EVOLUTION
- CHAPTER THREE
- OF SCIENCE, FISH, AND ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT
- CHAPTER FOUR
- HARVARD AND THE NORTH WOODS OF MAINE
- CHAPTER FIVE
- MIDWEST TRAMPING AND THE CONQUERING OF THE MATTERHORN
- CHAPTER SIX
- CHASING BUFFALO IN THE BADLANDS AND GRIZZLIES IN THE BIGHORNS
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- CRADLE OF CONSERVATION: THE ELKHORN RANCH OF NORTH DAKOTA
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- WILDLIFE PROTECTION BUSINESS: BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB MEETS THE U.S. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
- CHAPTER NINE
- LAYING THE GROUNDWORK WITH JOHN BURROUGHS AND BENJAMIN HARRISON
- CHAPTER TEN
- THE WILDERNESS HUNTER IN THE ELECTRIC AGE
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- THE BRONX ZOO FOUNDER
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- THE ROUGH RIDER
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN
- HIGHER POLITICAL PERCHES
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN
- THE ADVOCATE OF THE STRENUOUS LIFE
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN
- THE CONSERVATIONIST PRESIDENT AND THE BULLY PULPIT FOR FORESTRY
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN
- THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI BEAR HUNT AND SAVING THE PUERTO RICAN PARROT
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
- CRATER LAKE AND WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARKS
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
- PAUL KROEGEL AND THE FEATHER WARS OF FLORIDA
- CHAPTER NINETEEN
- PASSPORTS TO THE PARKS: YELLOWSTONE, THE GRAND CANYON, AND YOSEMITE
- CHAPTER TWENTY
- BEAUTY UNMARRED: WINNING THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1904
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
- THE OKLAHOMA HILLS (OR, WHERE THE BUFFALO PRESIDENT ROAMS)
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
- THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS OF 1906
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
- THE PREHISTORIC SITES OF 1907
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
- MIGHTY BIRDS: THE FEDERAL RESERVATIONS OF 1907–1908
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
- THE PRESERVATIONIST REVOLUTION OF 1908
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
- DANGEROUS ANTAGONIST: THE LAST BOLD STEPS OF 1909
- APPENDIX
- SEARCHABLE TERMS
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