African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist

In 1909, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned ex-President Theodore Roosevelt to collect specimens of African wildlife for the National Museum. Roosevelt went to Africa with his son Kermit, several prominent naturalists, and many journalists, thereby initiating the safari industry and setting the standard for the big game hunt. Yet Roosevelt never killed for thrills, instead hunting only specific animals in the amounts requested by the Smithsonian. Making his way from the Kenyan coast to the Upper Nile, he records his impressions of the African landscape, witnesses a traditional lion hunt by African pastoralists, and recalls his meetings with East Africans, to whom he was known as 'Bwana Tumbo (belly).'

Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 04/10/2001
Pages: 616
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.16lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.04w x 1.49d
ISBN13: 9780815411321
ISBN10: 0815411324
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Hunting
- Travel | Africa | General

About the Author
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was a soldier, rancher, President of the United States, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and an accomplished explorer and author. His book Through the Brazilian Wilderness is also available from Cooper Square Press. H. W. Brands, the author of the bestselling Roosevelt biography T. R.: The Last Romantic, lives in Austin, Texas.