Tag: Theodore Roosevelt
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A Tale: “Near Roughing It” With TR — Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, 1890
“We had undertaken too long an expedition, namely, the ascent of Mt. Washburn, and then to Towers’ Falls in one day, during which, to add to the complications, Edith had been thrown and quite badly bruised. “
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A Tale: TR Seeks the Thrill of Killing Endangered Bison — 1889
“Mixed with the eager excitement of the hunter was a certain half melancholy feeling as I gazed on these bison, themselves part of the last remnant of a doomed and nearly vanished race.”
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A Tale: Teddy Roosevelt Bags an Elk on Two Ocean Pass — 1891
” I saw the tips of a pair of mighty antlers, and I peered over the crest with my rifle at the ready. Thirty yards off, behind a clump of pinyons, stood a huge bull.”
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A Tale: The Army Protects Theodore Roosevelt From Snooping Reporter — 1903
“The correspondent reined up his horse in amazement. Who was it calling his name? Had he been followed from Gardiner? If so, why did the voice come from the bushes and evidently some distance from the road?
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A Tale: Skiing with Theodore Roosevelt in Yellowstone Park — 1903
“As we were going swiftly down the side of one of the hills, I saw out of the corner of my eye the President taking a header into the snow.”
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News and Views: Three Recent Books Describe Early Yellowstone Travel
At a superficial level, a single blurb could describe all three books. …. But, the books really are quite different.