Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), twenty-sixth president of the United States, won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1906 for mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5). His three dozen books include The Wilderness Hunter, The Rough Riders (Bison Books, 1998), Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail (Bison Books, 1983), and A Book-Lover’s Holiday in the Open. Paul Schullery is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than fifty books on history, nature, and outdoor sport, including The Bear Doesn’t Know: Life and Wonder in Bear Country (Bison Books, 2021) and Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness.

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• List of Illustrations Editor’s Note on the Text Introduction Part 1. Wilderness Adventures Chapter 1. The Joy of the Wild Chapter 2. The American Wilderness: Wilderness Hunters and Wilderness Game Chapter 3. The Big-Horn Sheep Chapter 4. In the Louisiana Canebrakes Chapter 5. Down an Unknown River into the Equatorial Forest Part 2. Wilderness Preservation Chapter 6. A National Park Service Chapter 7. John Muir: An Appreciation Chapter 8. Wilderness Reserves: The Yellowstone Park Chapter 9. Bird Reserves at the Mouth of the Mississippi Chapter 10. Grand Canyon Speech, 1903 Part 3. Natural History Chapter 11. Small Country Neighbors Chapter 12. The Wapiti or Round-Horned Elk Chapter 13. On the Cattle Ranges Chapter 14. My Life as a Naturalist Notes Sources of the Readings

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), twenty-sixth president of the United States, won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1906 for mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5). His three dozen books include The Wilderness Hunter, The Rough Riders (Bison Books, 1998), Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail (Bison Books, 1983), and A Book-Lover’s Holiday in the Open. Paul Schullery is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than fifty books on history, nature, and outdoor sport, including The Bear Doesn’t Know: Life and Wonder in Bear Country (Bison Books, 2021) and Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness.

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• List of Illustrations Editor’s Note on the Text Introduction Part 1. Wilderness Adventures Chapter 1. The Joy of the Wild Chapter 2. The American Wilderness: Wilderness Hunters and Wilderness Game Chapter 3. The Big-Horn Sheep Chapter 4. In the Louisiana Canebrakes Chapter 5. Down an Unknown River into the Equatorial Forest Part 2. Wilderness Preservation Chapter 6. A National Park Service Chapter 7. John Muir: An Appreciation Chapter 8. Wilderness Reserves: The Yellowstone Park Chapter 9. Bird Reserves at the Mouth of the Mississippi Chapter 10. Grand Canyon Speech, 1903 Part 3. Natural History Chapter 11. Small Country Neighbors Chapter 12. The Wapiti or Round-Horned Elk Chapter 13. On the Cattle Ranges Chapter 14. My Life as a Naturalist Notes Sources of the Readings

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), twenty-sixth president of the United States, won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1906 for mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5). His three dozen books include The Wilderness Hunter, The Rough Riders (Bison Books, 1998), Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail (Bison Books, 1983), and A Book-Lover’s Holiday in the Open. Paul Schullery is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than fifty books on history, nature, and outdoor sport, including The Bear Doesn’t Know: Life and Wonder in Bear Country (Bison Books, 2021) and Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness.

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• List of Illustrations Editor’s Note on the Text Introduction Part 1. Wilderness Adventures Chapter 1. The Joy of the Wild Chapter 2. The American Wilderness: Wilderness Hunters and Wilderness Game Chapter 3. The Big-Horn Sheep Chapter 4. In the Louisiana Canebrakes Chapter 5. Down an Unknown River into the Equatorial Forest Part 2. Wilderness Preservation Chapter 6. A National Park Service Chapter 7. John Muir: An Appreciation Chapter 8. Wilderness Reserves: The Yellowstone Park Chapter 9. Bird Reserves at the Mouth of the Mississippi Chapter 10. Grand Canyon Speech, 1903 Part 3. Natural History Chapter 11. Small Country Neighbors Chapter 12. The Wapiti or Round-Horned Elk Chapter 13. On the Cattle Ranges Chapter 14. My Life as a Naturalist Notes Sources of the Readings