The Wilderness Hunter. An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and Rifle
by ROOSEVELT, THEODORE
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Putnam, 1902. Standard Library Edition. Signed presentation copy from Theodore Roosevelt to fellow author and sporting adventurer and enthusiast Stewart Edward White. Inscribed by the author at the front free endpaper: “To Stewart Edward White, the man of rifle, and, saddle, snowshoes, and canoe, with the cordial regard of Theodore Roosevelt, April 18 1904”. Illustrated throughout with drawings and black & white reproductions of paintings, 472 pages. Very good plus copy with front hinge starting, with gilt top edge, at the spine, and the front board, some minor handling, slight darkening to the green cloth boards, and a trace of edgewear without dust jacket. Stewart Edward White wrote both novels and non-fiction, often based on his own experience, including camping journals or Westerns, cabin-building, canoeing, logging, gold-hunting, fishing, and hunting. Theodore Roosevelt wrote that White was "the best man with both pistol and rifle who ever shot" at Roosevelt's rifle range at his home, Sagamore Hill, Long Island, New York.
Synopsis
The Dakota Bad Lands became Theodore Roosevelt's stomping grounds after he moved to a ranch on the northern cattle plains. He tracked giant grizzly bears through the mountains and wrote his account of these magnificent animals in The Wilderness Hunter , published in 1893.
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- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22659E
- Title
- The Wilderness Hunter. An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and Rifle
- Author
- ROOSEVELT, THEODORE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
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