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The Camping Trip That Changed America
Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks
By Rosenstock, Barb
- ISBN
- 978-0-8037-3710-5
- Publisher
- Dial
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
After swiftly introducing her two protagonists -- contrasting their origins and the different ways they expressed their love of the outdoors (Roosevelt hunted, fished, rode; Muir studied, sketched, wrote about plants) -- Rosenstock plunges into their one encounter. Having read Muir's book pleading for government help to save his beloved mountain forests, Roosevelt asked Muir to take him camping in the Yosemite wilderness. Arriving on May 15, 1903, "Teedie" soon extricated himself from an admiring crowd, "sent his men ahead to set up camp," and escaped...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012 | History
In 1903, Roosevelt asked Muir to take him camping in the Yosemite wilderness. By the time the two reached Yosemite, Roosevelt had ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
