Rifle in Hand tells the greatest conservation story in history: why and how hunters saved wildlife and wild lands in North America. Beginning with the greatest hunter-conservationist of all, Theodore Roosevelt, and including conservation giants George Bird Grinnell, D'ing Darling, Aldo Leopold,and
others, 20th-century hunters overcame market hunting, environmental destruction, financial barriers, and political opposition to restore wildlife to today's astonishing abundance. All along, Roosevelt and his fellow hunters were guided by two uniquely North American principles: wildlife belongs to all the people, and all the people should have the opportunity to hunt. Rifle in Hand urges hunters to reaffirm these democratic principles and follow Roosevelt's leadership.By doing so, today's hunters can pass on to future generations this great legacy of public wildlife and public hunting.
