The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America

From New York Times best—selling historian Douglas Brinkley comes an eye—opening look at the pioneering environmental policies of President Theodore Roosevelt. Avid bird—watcher, naturalist, and the founding father of America’s conservation movement, Roosevelt set aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity. His executive orders saved such treasures as Devils Tower, the Grand Canyon, and the Petrified Forest, and he saved entire species from possible extinction, includin...