The twenty-sixth president of the United States was also a world-renowned hunter, conservationist, soldier, and scholar. African Game Trails includes stories about President Theodore Roosevelt adventures throughout East Africa, Belgian Congo, Mombassa, Khartoum, and more. In 1908 Teddy took a long safari holiday in East Africa with his son Kermit. His account of this adventure is as remarkably fresh today as it was when these adventures on the veldt were first published. Roosevelt describes the excitement of the chase ...
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The twenty-sixth president of the United States was also a world-renowned hunter, conservationist, soldier, and scholar. African Game Trails includes stories about President Theodore Roosevelt adventures throughout East Africa, Belgian Congo, Mombassa, Khartoum, and more. In 1908 Teddy took a long safari holiday in East Africa with his son Kermit. His account of this adventure is as remarkably fresh today as it was when these adventures on the veldt were first published. Roosevelt describes the excitement of the chase, the people he met (including such famous hunters as Cunninghame and Selous), and flora and fauna he collected in the name of science. Long out of print, this classic is one of the preeminent examples of Africana, and belongs on every collector's shelf. Travelling the world to hunt and kill dozens of animals including Lions, Rhinos, Giraffes, Leopards, Buffalo, Hippos and Elephants. This fascinating story about Teddy Roosevelt's hunting adventures are not for the squeamish or the politically correct as it includes heart-pounding stories.
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Good in good jacket. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has rubbing and mild soil to boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, with faint foxing to edges of block, musty smell. DJ toned, edgewear that includes tears and related creases.
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Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Light bumping to 2 corners. DJ has chipping and tears. Moderate rubbing to DJ with a bit of colour loss.; Looks at the assemblies in which Roman citizens of the Republic elected their annual magistrates, passed their laws, and gave their verdict on men accused of crimes against the state.; Jerome Lectures; 175 pages.
