Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter

viii, [2], 409 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped borders and TR emblem on front board, black-and-white illustrations from photographs. "Theodore Roosevelt was more than just the 26th president of the United States. He was a writer, historian, explorer, big-game hunter, soldier, conservationist, ranchman and Nobel Peace Prize winner. In the Rough Riders, Roosevelt has written accounts of his various hunting trips. CONTENTS: With the Cougar Hounds; A Colorado Bear Hunt; Wolf-Coursing; Hunting in the Cattle Country; the Prongbuck; A Shot at a Mountain Sheep; The Whitetail Deer; The Mule-Deer or Rocky Mountain Blacktail; The Wapiti or Round-Horned Elk; Wilderness Reserves; The Yellowstone Park; Books on Big Game; and At Home."