{"product_id":"african-game-trails-theodore-roosevelt-9781773237671","title":"African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Natrualist","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a facsimile re-publication in book form of the Scribner's Magazine installments of \u003cem\u003eAfrican Game Trails\u003c\/em\u003e by Theodore Roosevelt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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).'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore Roosevelt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773237675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773237671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Must Have Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Theodore Roosevelt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993054609663,"sku":"9781773237671","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98a03105-c0c1-41c6-8211-9d077ccd44b5.jpg?v=1683322271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-game-trails-theodore-roosevelt-9781773237671","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}