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What happens when the pursuit of big game meets the urge to protect wild places?
In Hunting in Many Lands, Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell gather hunting accounts from members of the Boone and Crockett Club. Published in 1895, the collection follows wealthy sportsmen across mountains, plains and distant countries. Their pursuit of large animals offers a close look at how these men see wild country—and their place within it.
“Big game of the American West” explores the home ground of many club members, while “Far countries and distant quarry” reaches into Asia, Russia and Africa. Alongside journeys made at real risk, the collection explores hunting as sport, discipline and ethic. Its accounts reveal the habits and values from which an early conservation movement grows.
What you’ll discover
- Mountains and plains Follow accounts of North American big game through the country that draws hunters from eastern cities.
- Beyond the American West Travel through accounts from Asia, Russia and Africa, where hunters pursue distant quarry at their own expense.
- The hunter's code Explore an ethic that prizes hard hunting, straight shooting and taking only what is needed.
- Roosevelt's sporting circle Meet the interests and values of club members brought together by Roosevelt and Grinnell.
- Conservation's early roots Consider the connection between these sportsmen's hunting habits and their concern for wildlife and wild places.
Who will love it
Readers who love true adventure, wild places and animals, campfire stories told by the people who lived them, and the early roots of American conservation.
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- A club of hunters speaks for wildlife
- Learning the hard way in East Africa
- Courage and nerve in Masai country
- Sheep, deer and a guide called Anastasio
- Moose and caribou in the cold north
- Tigers from elephants and goats from cliffs
- Wolves, hounds and peasants in Russia
- Mountains, bears, cougars, yaks and the open plains
- Laws to protect what remains
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Chasses en de nombreux pays
by Theodore Roosevelt (éditeur); George Bird Grinnell (éditeur)
A hunter on a flimsy raft of palm stems finds hippos rising beneath him on an East African lake.
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What does it take to hunt hippos from a raft of palm stems, or to attempt the sheer cliffs of Chief Mountain? This 1895 collection, edited by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell for the Boone and Crockett Club, gathers firsthand reports from Africa, India, Russia, Tibet and North America.
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A club of hunters speaks for wildlife
The Boone and Crockett Club was founded by sportsmen who wanted to protect big game as well as hunt it. Their accounts range across North America and into other lands. Roosevelt and Grinnell edited it in 1895.
In their preface, the editors report the club's recent wins. Members helped pass a law to protect Yellowstone and helped found the New York Zoological Society. They also argue that forest reserves need real guards, just as an army post guards its mules and firewood.
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What is Hunting in Many Lands about?
It is a collection of hunting accounts by members of the Boone and Crockett Club, covering East Africa, Lower California, Canada, India, Russia, Tibet and the American West, plus essays on game laws and Yellowstone protection.
Who edited Hunting in Many Lands?
Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell edited it in 1895. They also wrote the preface and contributed measurements of trophy heads. Other chapters come from club members such as William Chanler, Madison Grant and Henry Stimson.
What was the Boone and Crockett Club?
It was a club of rifle hunters, founded in 1887, that aimed to promote fair-chase sport, exploration and the preservation of big game. Members also pushed for laws like the Yellowstone Park Protection Act.
The author
Theodore Roosevelt
1858–1919 · American president and historian
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was born in New York City and died at Oyster Bay, New York. He served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He wrote books about history, hunting, and his life, including Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter (1905) and his autobiography (1913).
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