9780061719981

Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, 1858-1919

Douglas Brinkley

ISBN 10: 0061719986 / 0-06-171998-6
ISBN 13: 9780061719981
Publisher: Harperluxe
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Softcover
Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis:

Evaluates the role of FDR in launching modern conservationism, identifying the contributions of such influences as James Audubon, Charles Darwin, and John Muir while describing how Roosevelt's exposure to natural wonders in his early life shaped his environmental values. (biography & autobiography).


Review:

"Although Roosevelt's presidency ended 100 years ago, Mr. Brinkley finds ways to make his presidential portrait a timely one. Beyond underscoring the environmental urgency of the causes that Roosevelt championed, THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR also describes a vigorously hands-on president, eager to fight more than one battle at a time, accused of socialism by the businessmen with whom his policies (like trust busting) interfered and dismissively labeled a celebrity."

Janet Maslin, New York Times, 07/22/2009

Review:

"[T]his....vast, inspiring and enormously entertaining book....has Rooseveltian energy. It is large-hearted, full of the vitality of its subject and a palpable love for the landscapes it describes....What this book makes abundantly clear is that [Roosevelt's] inspiration, vision and courage were as rare 100 years ago as they are today and that without them our country would be uglier, and poorer."

Jonathan Rosen, New York Times Book Review, 08/09/2009