A Book-Lover’s Holidays in the Open

Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt felt the most alive when out in the open air of the wilderness, when, “He can see the red splendor of desert sunsets, and the unearthly glory of the afterglow on the battlements of desolate mountains. In sapphire gulfs of ocean he can visit islets, above which the wings of myriads of sea-fowl make a kind of shifting cuneiform script in the air. He can ride along the brink of the stupendous cliff-walled canyon, where eagles soar below him, and cougars make their lairs on the ledges and harry the big-horned sheep. He can journey through the northern forests, the home of the giant moose, the forests of fragrant and murmuring life in summer, the iron-bound and melancholy forests of winter.”

Bibliographic Record

Contents

Foreword    Illustrations    Epigram

TO ARCHIE AND QUENTIN

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, 1916 NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 1999

I. A COUGAR HUNT ON THE RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON II. ACROSS THE NAVAJO DESERT III. THE HOPI SNAKE-DANCE IV. THE RANCHLAND OF ARGENTINA AND SOUTHERN BRAZIL V. A CHILEAN RONDEO VI. ACROSS THE ANDES AND NORTHERN PATAGONIA VII. WILD HUNTING COMPANIONS VIII. PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT IX. BOOKS FOR HOLIDAYS IN THE OPEN X. BIRD RESERVES AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI XI. A CURIOUS EXPERIENCE APPENDICES: A, B