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The Naturalist
The Naturalist: Theodore Roosevelt, a Lifetime of Exploration, and the Triumph of American Natural History | Darrin Lunde
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"The surprising story of intrepid naturalist Theodore Roosevelt and how his lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America's wildlife conservation movement. a Perhaps no American president is more associated with nature and wildlife than Theodore Roosevelt, a prodigious hunter and adventurer and an ardent conservationist. We think of Roosevelt as an original, yet in The Naturalist, Darrin Lunde shows how from his earliest days Roosevelt actively modeled himself in the proud tradition of museum naturalistsuthe men who pioneered a key branch of American biology through their desire to collect animal specimens and develop a taxonomy of the natural world. The influence these men would have on Roosevelt would shape not just his personality but his career, informing his work as a politician and statesman and ultimately affecting generations of Americans' relationship to this country's wilderness. Pulling from vast source material, including Roosevelt's diaries, expedition journals, and new findings from the archives of the Smithsonian, Lunde constructs a brilliantly researched, singularly insightful history that reveals the roots of Roosevelt's endu
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Schnoebs
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I really enjoyed this one a lot. The best part for me though was how it showed that hunters really became the foundation and backbone of the natural conservation movement in America. And I know many people have issues with hunting but without it, we wouldn‘t have all these amazing natural history exhibits in our museums (thanks in partial part to Roosevelt).

#naturalist #conservation #Roosevelt #president #nature #mpls #twincities

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Schnoebs
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Making good progress on this one. Learning a lot about Roosevelt that I had never expected 🤷‍♀️

#naturalist #conservation #audiobook #libby #mpls #twincities

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jnichole
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Just got this in the mail. So excited to read it that I put my other book away and started reading it this morning.

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