The naturalist : Theodore Roosevelt, a lifetime of exploration, and the triumph of American natural history / Darrin Lunde, Monographie imprimée

Main Author: Lunde, Darrin P., AuteurLanguage: anglais.Edition Statement: First paperback edition.Publication : New York : Broadway Books, [2016]Description: 1 vol. (XII - 334 pages), 8 pages d'illustrations : illustrations, carte, couverture illustrée ; 21 cmISBN: 978-0-307-46431-6; 0-307-46431-8.Dewey: 973.91/1092, 23Abstract: No U.S. president is more popularly associated with nature and wildlife than is Theodore Roosevelt--prodigious hunter, tireless adventurer, and ardent conservationist. We think of him as a larger-than-life original, yet in The Naturalist, Darrin Lunde has firmly situated Roosevelt's indomitable curiosity about the natural world in the tradition of museum naturalism. As a child, Roosevelt actively modeled himself on the men (including John James Audubon and Spencer F. Baird) who pioneered this key branch of biology by developing a taxonomy of the natural world--basing their work on the experiential study of nature. The impact that these scientists and their trailblazing methods had on Roosevelt shaped not only his audacious personality but his entire career, informing his work as a statesman and ultimately affecting generations of Americans' relationship to this country's wilderness. --.Bibliography: Bibliogr. pages [301]-320. Index..Subject - Personal Name: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Subject - Topical Name: Conservation des ressources naturelles États-Unis | Naturalistes -- États-Unis Biographies | Défenseurs de l'environnement -- États-Unis Biographies | Présidents, États-Unis Biographies Subject - Geographical Name: États-Unis
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"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2016" -- Title page verso

Bibliogr. pages [301]-320. Index.

No U.S. president is more popularly associated with nature and wildlife than is Theodore Roosevelt--prodigious hunter, tireless adventurer, and ardent conservationist. We think of him as a larger-than-life original, yet in The Naturalist, Darrin Lunde has firmly situated Roosevelt's indomitable curiosity about the natural world in the tradition of museum naturalism. As a child, Roosevelt actively modeled himself on the men (including John James Audubon and Spencer F. Baird) who pioneered this key branch of biology by developing a taxonomy of the natural world--basing their work on the experiential study of nature. The impact that these scientists and their trailblazing methods had on Roosevelt shaped not only his audacious personality but his entire career, informing his work as a statesman and ultimately affecting generations of Americans' relationship to this country's wilderness. --

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