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ligonierbill · October 14, 2012, 05:49 PM

Teddy Roosevelt is one of my heroes and certainly one of the most famous American hunters. The more I read about him, the more facinating he becomes. But recently I have been reading two of his books: Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (1885) and The Wilderness Hunter (1893). Of course TR was one of our greatest conservationists, but in these books he seems to accept that game animals will be wiped out in a short time (he certainly did his part to make that true). Thankfully, he was wrong. He also subscribed to the "if there's lead in the air, there's hope" approach to shooting at game. If you can get past the Victorian prose, these books are worth reading. Different times.

October 14, 2012, 05:49 PM	#1
ligonierbill Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2007 Posts: 2,458	TR Teddy Roosevelt is one of my heroes and certainly one of the most famous American hunters. The more I read about him, the more facinating he becomes. But recently I have been reading two of his books: Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (1885) and The Wilderness Hunter (1893). Of course TR was one of our greatest conservationists, but in these books he seems to accept that game animals will be wiped out in a short time (he certainly did his part to make that true). Thankfully, he was wrong. He also subscribed to the "if there's lead in the air, there's hope" approach to shooting at game. If you can get past the Victorian prose, these books are worth reading. Different times.