Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter (Classics of American Sport Series) (Paperback)

by Theodore Roosevelt (Author) "IN January, 1901, I started on a five weeks' cougar hunt from Meeker in Northwest Colorado..." (more)
Key Phrases: barking treed, cougar trail, big wolves, Long Island, Major Pitcher, New York (more...)

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1925. Theodore Roosevelt was more than just the 26th president of the United States. He was a writer, historian, explorer, big-game hunter, soldier, conservationist, ranchman and Nobel Peace Prize winner. In the Rough Riders, Roosevelt has written accounts of his various hunting trips. Contents: With the Cougar Hounds; A Colorado Bear Hunt; Wolf-Coursing; Hunting in the Cattle Country; the Prongbuck; A Shot at a Mountain Sheep; The Whitetail Deer; The Mule-Deer or Rocky Mountain Blacktail; The Wapiti or Round-Horned Elk; Wilderness Reserves; The Yellowstone Park; Books on Big Game; and At Home. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Stackpole Books (August 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811730336
• ISBN-13: 978-0811730334
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #931,614 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outdoor Pastimes of and American Hunter, December 23, 1999

By	Mike DiSalvo (Iowa - USA) - See all my reviews

I have a copy of this original work, it is still as exciting now as when it was printed (1905). The chapter of wolf and coyote coursing alone is worth the price of the book. Read of the man who caught wolves and coyotes with his bare hands (ok he wore a glove). The hunts for sheep and goats in the Rocky Mts. as well as the chase of the deer in th badlands are all brought to life. Roosevelt was a keen sportsman and naturalist, he provides us a look at the American west at the turn of the century. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to know what hunting in the old west was like.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Read, October 28, 2002

By A Customer

This book is definitely worthwhile for anyone interested in hunting, conservation, or just American history. Roosevelt was an astute observer of animal habits and habitat. He was concerned with wildlife conservation long before it was popular. You get a real sense of what a hunting trip was like back in the late 1890s.

What's more, he's not a half-bad writer. Unlike all of the modern politicians who "write" books--but actually just give some notes to a ghost writer who then does all of the real writing--Teddy actually wrote this book himself.