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Teddy Roosevelt's Great Outdoors

Wilderness Warrior describes the president’s environmental legacy.

Who can write about vast catalogues of bird species with “fervent enthusiasm” Douglas Brinkley can, The New York Times’ Janet Maslin writes in a review of his new book, Wilderness Warrior. The book chronicles Theodore Roosevelt’s life as a conservationist—which has been largely overshadowed by his political career. Brinkley, who will reportedly publish a biography of Walter Cronkite in May, describes Roosevelt as a hands-on president who created enough federal reservations, game preserves, national forests and monuments to save 234 million acres of American land from ruin.

Read it at The New York Times

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