{"product_id":"theodore-roosevelt-naturalist-in-the-arena-paperback-softback-9781496213143","title":"Theodore Roosevelt, Naturalist in the Arena (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496213143","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTheodore Roosevelt, Naturalist in the Arena\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChar Miller (Edited by), Clay S. Jenkinson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496213143\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 31 photographs, 5 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a fine look at a complex man which brings attention to both his tragic demerits and valuable legacy.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"The collection makes a valuable scholarly contribution on multiple fronts: Roosevelt as a naturalist is the subject of the collection, but his life and work also provide a fulcrum to explore U.S. environmental history during one of its most transformative moments.\"-Kristen R. Egan, \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Editors Char Miller and Clay Jenkinson identify as special strengths of this collection the care the contributors have given to reading TR correctly by intense immersion in the primary and secondary sources, by bringing personal perspectives to bear, and by using insights from multiple disciplines. The editors can be proud of the uniformly readable and diverse collection they present.\"-Dr. Spencer Davis, \u003ci\u003eNebraska History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTheodore Roosevelt: Naturalist in the Arena\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about small things. This is good. In the immense scholarship of Theodore Roosevelt . . . the small things have often been over-looked. Editors Char Miller and Clay S. Jenkinson have done fine work knitting together a compendium of these small things-chance acquaintances, wildlife encounters, and political collaborations. . . . It is good for us today that these small things resulted in something big: the protection of our natural and wildlife treasures and efforts to educate the nation about them.\"-Gregory A. Wynn, \u003ci\u003eAnnals of Iowa\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTheodore Roosevelt: Naturalist in the Arena\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome addition to the Roosevelt historiography. Its interdisciplinary approach allows for diverse topics and points of view, grounded by their shared connection to the natural world and Roosevelt's place within it.\"-Julie Courtwright, \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTheodore Roosevelt: Naturalist in the Arena\u003c\/i\u003e is suited for an audience interested in presidential history and environmental studies. I recommend this book because his policies continue to impact the nation.\"-Nicholas Christopher Francis Wooden, \u003ci\u003eChronicles of Oklahoma\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Char Miller and Clay Jenkinson have brought together a remarkable collection of smart essays that is compulsively readable and thought-provoking. It is a volume full of spritely writing and rich insights.”-Virginia Scharff, distinguished professor of history emerita, University of New Mexico\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A marvelous job of reminding the world why Theodore Roosevelt was America’s first green president. All the essays included in this volume are first rate. A dazzling addition to Progressive Era and environmental history studies. Highly recommended!”-Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history, Rice University\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTheodore Roosevelt’s scientific curiosity and love of the outdoors proved a defining force throughout his hectic life as a rancher and explorer, police commissioner and governor of New York, vice president and president of the United States. Conservation and natural history were parts of a whole for this driven, charismatic public servant, and Roosevelt approached the natural world with joy and a passionate engagement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on an array of approaches-biographical, ecological and environmental, literary and political, \u003ci\u003eTheodore Roosevelt, Naturalist in the Arena\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes this energetic man’s manifold encounters with the great outdoors. George Bird Grinnell, Gifford Pinchot, John Muir, and William Hornaday were among the many conservationists with whom Roosevelt corresponded, collaborated, hiked, and governed-and in turn, inspired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Together, Roosevelt and his contemporaries developed a progressive argument for the conservation of natural resources as a way to construct a more democratic nation-state. This legacy also comes with some troubling domestic and global implications, as Roosevelt fused his call for the conservation of resources-natural and human, domestically and internationally-with a deep-seated conviction that some were more fit than others to control the world and define its future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eList of Illustrations    \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments   \u003cbr\u003e Introduction    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChar Miller and Clay S. Jenkinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Field Notes\u003cbr\u003e 1. Beauty and Tragedy in the Wilderness: The Naturalism of Theodore Roosevelt    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarrin Lunde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Theodore Roosevelt: “\u003cbr\u003eThe Outdoor Man Who Writes”\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Cullen Bailey and Katherine Joslin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. “\u003cbr\u003eI So Declare It”\u003cbr\u003e: Roosevelt’\u003cbr\u003es Love Affair with Birds    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuane G. Jundt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Urban Wild: Theodore Roosevelt’\u003cbr\u003es Explorations of Rock Creek Park    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelanie Choukas-Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Outside Influences\u003cbr\u003e 5. “\u003cbr\u003eFor Generations Yet Unborn”\u003cbr\u003e: George Bird Grinnell, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Early Conservation Movement    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn F. Reiger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Play, Work, and Politics: The Remarkable Partnership of Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChar Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Friendship under Five Inches of Snow: Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarb Rosenstock   \u003c\/b\u003e                                 \u003cbr\u003e 8. The Cowboy, the Crusader, and the Salvation of the American Buffalo    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClay S. Jenkinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Natural Politics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Theodore Roosevelt, the West, and the New America    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElliott West\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation: Looking Abroad    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Tyrrell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. Memorializing Theodore Roosevelt: Si Monumentum Requiris, Circumspice    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClay S. Jenkinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors    \u003cbr\u003e Index        \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599896834328,"sku":"9781496213143","price":17.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/theodore-roosevelt-naturalist-in-the-arena-paperback-softback-9781496213143","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}