| African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist Contributor(s): Roosevelt, Theodore (Author), Brands, H. W. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0815411324 ISBN-13: 9780815411321 Publisher: Cooper Square Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: After leaving the White House, Theodore Roosevelt embarked in 1909 on a lengthy African safari/collecting expedition for the Smithsonian that covered hundreds of miles, from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to Khartoum and Egypt. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Hunting - Travel | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 799.296 |
| LCCN: 2001017204 |
| Physical Information: 1.49" H x 6.04" W x 8.98" (2.16 lbs) 616 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1909, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned ex-President Theodore Roosevelt to collect specimens of African wildlife for the National Museum. Roosevelt went to Africa with his son Kermit, several prominent naturalists, and many journalists, thereby initiating the safari industry and setting the standard for the big game hunt. Yet Roosevelt never killed for thrills, instead hunting only specific animals in the amounts requested by the Smithsonian. Making his way from the Kenyan coast to the Upper Nile, he records his impressions of the African landscape, witnesses a traditional lion hunt by African pastoralists, and recalls his meetings with East Africans, to whom he was known as 'Bwana Tumbo (belly).' |