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What books belong beside a saddle, and what can wild country teach that a study cannot?
In A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open, Theodore Roosevelt brings together his loves of wilderness, animals, and reading. The hunter, rancher, and naturalist writes about wild country, the people who live close to the land, and the books he carries on his travels. For him, a day outdoors and an evening with a book belong together.
This collection explores how wild places test character, how to choose reading for camp, and why close observation matters. Roosevelt looks carefully at birds and animals, seeking nature as it is rather than as a storyteller might wish it. His concern for protecting wild land adds another question: what do we leave for those who follow?
What you’ll discover
- Character in wild country Explore Roosevelt's belief that hard days outdoors strengthen both the body and the mind.
- Books beside the saddle Discover the place reading holds on journeys far from home and close to nature.
- A naturalist's close attention Follow a careful observer who wants birds and animals described as they truly are.
- People close to the land Meet the people in Roosevelt's outdoor writing, alongside the country and creatures around them.
- Wild land worth protecting Consider the care for future generations behind Roosevelt's support for reserves and national forests.
Who will love it
For readers who love camping, hunting stories, birds and animals, or enjoy seeing what a president read for pleasure.
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- Wild places test and build character
- Choose books that suit the camp
- Know nature by looking closely
- Protect wild land for those who follow
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A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open
by Theodore Roosevelt · 1916
Roosevelt brings books into wild country, where close observation and outdoor life shape character.
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Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, was a hunter, a rancher, a naturalist and a heavy reader all at once. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open, published in 1916, gathers his writing on those loves.
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Wild places test and build character
Roosevelt believed that hard days outdoors made people stronger in body and in mind. He had learned this himself as a young man, when he took up ranching and hunting in the American West to rebuild his health. In his view, a person who has slept on the ground, crossed rough country and waited quietly for game learns patience, nerve and self-reliance.
This idea runs through everything he wrote about the outdoors. He did not treat a trip into the wild as an escape from duty. He treated it as training for duty. A man who could keep his head in a cold camp or on a bad trail, he argued, would keep it better in public life too.
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What is A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open about?
It is a collection of Roosevelt's essays on outdoor life, hunting, wildlife and the books he loved to read. It joins his two passions, showing how reading and wilderness travel enrich each other.
When was A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open written?
It was published in 1916, a few years after Roosevelt left the presidency. It draws on his own experience as a hunter, naturalist and reader, so it is nonfiction rather than a made-up story.
Is A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open hard to read?
No. Roosevelt writes in a direct, lively style. The essays are easy to follow and can be read one at a time.
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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