The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilder ...

Editor's Note

Theodore Roosevelt wrote prodigiously about wilderness, wildlife, and wild places, making the excerpting of his environmental oeuvre a practical necessity. As such, great care has been taken in the selection and presentation of this multi-genre digest. Because The Green Roosevelt highlights Roosevelt's non-hunting narratives, lengthy passages in which Roosevelt refrains from a predatory perspective are favored; in a minority of instances within sustained appreciative passages in which the author momentarily indulges in, or reflects on, the hunt, digressions have been omitted as footnoted. The challenge here is best captured by Roosevelt scholar Paul Schullery, who opines, “Roosevelt's observations as naturalist are inextricably interwoven with his adventure and hunting accounts.” This collection, then, while acknowledging such pervasive intermingling, finds and features passages of steady and sustained naturalism. Alterations to Roosevelt's original text beyond those necessitated by conformation to contemporary usage are duly noted. In the event that a reading begins in medias res or omits interior paragraphs for concision, omissions have been noted. Essays ending at a point earlier than the original, though not the norm in this collection, may be ascertained by comparing the footnoted page ranges to those in the source publication. Editor-generated descriptive titles, better signposting the content