Hunting Trips of a Ranchman - Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains

Roosevelt Pre, Theodore; Roosevelt, Theodore; Brill, Abraham Arden

ISBN 10: 1444648578 / ISBN 13: 9781444648577

Published by Curzon Press, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hunting Trips of a Ranchman - Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains
• Publisher: Curzon Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444648578
• ISBN 13: 9781444648577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1885, This fascinating work on Hunting Trips of a Ranchman is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all who are interested in Hunting. Its chapters include; The wordly buffallo, A trip on the prairie and The black tail deer. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Review

It's no secret that America's most bully president was also its most bully outdoorsman and conservationist; what's often forgotten was how beautifully and authoritatively he wrote about the wilderness and his considerable experiences there. These two pre-White House narratives--Ranchman was originally published in 1885, Wilderness Hunter eight years later--are rich and vivid. The former chronicles Roosevelt's sojourns in the Dakota Badlands; the latter is an extended love letter to the pleasures and challenges of outdoor life. So what if some of his 19th-century ideas seem politically incorrect by the standards of the next century--magnificent prose is still magnificent prose. "Nowhere, not even at sea," writes the future First Hunter in one haunting passage, "does a man feel more lonely than when riding over the far-reaching seemingly never-ending plains ... [but] after a man has lived a little while on or near them, their very vastness and loneliness and their melancholy monotony have a strong fascination for him." By comparison, the isolation and weight of the Oval Office must have seemed like an afternoon stroll in the park.