African Game Trails

A fascinating and very historically relevant account of an east African safari in the early 's.

Jan 18, Tgreene rated it it was amazing. Read this book in Africa, great insight to game in the early century. Aug 14, Michael rated it it was amazing. Spectacular story or hunting and African tribal life in the early 's. Jul 24, Vikas Datta rated it it was amazing.

Sep 11, Stewart Turner rated it it was amazing. Very good book about Teddy Roosevelt and his son hunting Africa. Apr 20, Ken rated it it was amazing. Roosevelt rambles through East Africa shooting and eating everything that moves. Great description of Juja House in Chapter 4. The house I lived in Jan 23, Chris Bartholomew rated it liked it. Not a book for everyone. It's Teddy Roosevelt so it has to be interesting and he is a fine author as well. But it's a big book. A year spent traipsing across East Africa culminating with a trip up the Nile. The book goes like this. Broke camp this morning.

Mounted my horse while by guides ran behind me. Killed two of these, 3 of those and took a few shots at some others on the way back. For the good of the museum collection of course. Repeat this process every day for a year. Oh certainly some t Not a book for everyone.

Oh certainly some tense moments and not to belittle the danger involved when you are carrying rifles with a large enough caliber to take down an elephant or should I say a herds worth you really are on the winning edge of deaths' sword. A bit tedious for me, but worthwhile to understand the man and the times. The most interesting chapter describes a native lion hunt where some large number of natives in a line beat the country side to rouse up a lion, encircle him and then take him down with spears and shields.

In typical Roosevelt detail he lists the several hundreds of animals killed by himself and his son May 17, Derek rated it it was ok. If you can make it through the first pages of mildly varying accounts of dozens of hunting conquests stalk, distance, shoot, chase, kill then get ready Great Classic Hunting Really enjoyed it.

I liked the hunting stories as well as getting to know the mind of Pres. A classic for African hunting litetature. Jun 01, Tod Bellrichard rated it really liked it. Feb 27, Vincent Andersen rated it really liked it. A book very much of its time. If a president were to publish this today, he'd be near universally excoriated. Teddy and son hunt their way across Africa, collecting examples of the dark continent's fauna for the Smithsonian Teddy was a superb writer and this book illuminates in rich detail a world that no longer exists.

If you're a member of PETA, you'll hate this one! Aug 18, David Carlson added it. I had a difficult time with this book. I have always fancied myself as a theodore Roosevelt type of guy. He being known as a sort of a badass. His ideas of the white man being the supreme race really put me off.

I have been a sportsman my entire life enjoying hunting and fishing I cannot even think of shooting a Elephant. An elephant being such an intelligent animal and its not like a small target.

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I am glad I read it things were so different in the early s. Nov 18, Matt marked it as to-read. Jan 05, Marian marked it as to-read Shelves: Liam rated it really liked it Jun 16, Jon Oldham rated it liked it May 18, Chris Marsh rated it liked it Mar 02, Bruce rated it really liked it Jun 13, Grant Scalf rated it really liked it Sep 01, Dnemelka rated it it was amazing Mar 25, Contents bright, unmarked and free from foxing.

Paper of front inner hinge cracked but binding firm and strong. Slight rubbing to extremities of cloth but a fine, bright copy. Original olive green combed cloth, title to spine and front cover in gilt, embossed pictorial design of a herd of elephants amongst trees to front cover in brown and grey.

Photographic portrait frontispiece, 8 plates from drawings by Philip R. Goodwin, numerous photographs to the text, "by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition", many of them full-page. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. A little rubbing to extremities, otherwise a fine copy. First edition, first printing, of the subscriber's edition. Roosevelt's total bag was enormous even by the liberal standards of that era" Czech. Copyright date is , first edition, first printing.

Illustrated through out by Kermit Roosevelt and Philip R. Brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design on the front and the spine. Gilt top page edges, fore edge and bottom pages edges are not cut. No tears or bent pages, nor any writing. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine are minor with very light sunning to the spine. Text and illustrations are bright and clean, binding is secure, a solid colletible book. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York Leather over cloth boards.

Matching dates on the title and copyright. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Very Good-, shelf wear, light spots, hinged at the endpaper. Copyright date , leather bound edition. This antique volume features history. This is the leatherbound edition and includes more than two hundred illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and others.

Also includes drawings by Philip R Goodwin. This volume shows nicely with mild to moderate signs of wear and age, especially along the head and toe of the spine. The pages are mildly age toned and the photographs show clearly. Maroon colored linen hardboards, leather corners and spine. Gold gilt lettering on spine; three raised ribs.

Rubbing to ends and corners. Inscription on end page dated The Book Garden Published: Good - Cash Edition: Charles Scribner's Sons, Illustrated with photographs made by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition.

Wear to cloth,especially on front board. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Two water stains show on edges of some pages but do not affect text. Otherwise, a sound , tight copy of this large vol. The history Place Published: Dark green pictorial cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Head, heel and corners lightly bumped and rubbed; edges toned. Insurance required to ship this item. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, pictorial cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Africa, East --Description and travel.

African Game Trails Roosevelt, Theodore. Original brown cloth boards with gilt titles and gilt vignettes of elephants on front board.

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Spine sunned, faint cup ring markto upper board, else clean, tight and unmarked. In British East Africa, Roosevelt hunted lions and plains game on the Kapiti Plains, while, in the Bondoni hill country, he collected rhinoceros and giraffe, on the Kamiti River, buffalo were taken. Near the Sotik, additional rhino and lion were hunted, with elephant bagged near Mt. Roosevelt's total bag was enormous even by the liberal standards of that era. Arroyo Seco Books Published: First Edition, second state of this famous hunting book.

Ships with Tracking Number! Buy with confidence, excellent customer service! An account of the African wandering of an American hunter and naturalist, accompanined by his side partner Kermit Roosevelt. Illustrated with drawings by Philip R. Goodwin, the frontispiece is a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt of Theodore Roosevelt standing over lion his big lions, also included is an area map of the hunting route of Theodore Roosevelt. The first volume of Roosevelt's African big-game hunting memoir, subtitled: This edition, referred to as the "Subscriber's Edition" with the W.

As the title page notes, "More than two hundred illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and from drawings by Philip R. Boards show only minimal surface and edge wear, lightly bumped corners and spine ends. Previous owner's signature on fep; pastedowns and end pages lightly foxed. Hinges are intact, binding tight and square. This is a well-cared-for, very collectable copy of an historic document.

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Very Good to Near Fine Edition: A very good plus copy in green cloth. Slight crack to inner hinge in rear panel. African Game Trails Roosevelt, Theodore , 1st special Easton Press edition, as new condition, bounded in brown decorated leather hardback, not issued with dust jacket, published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, pages. Theodore Roosevelt and his side partner Kermit Roosevelt's big game hunting African adventures. Illustrated with photographs, and appendxis's.

Roosevelt, Theodore New York: Bound in publisher's original illustrated green cloth. Some page hinges cracked or starting. Former owner's name in ink on front end paper. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and drawings by Philip R. Very good condition Edition: Easton Press Collector's Edition. An account of the African wanderings of the American hunter-naturalist.

Long considered one of the classics in the field of big game hunting, this Easton Press collectors edition is a fine reprint. In lovely gilt stamped leather binding, all edges gilt, silk end papers and silk ribbon place marker. Fine, almost as new. Briar Patch Press, Limited trade edition Reprint. Long considered one of the classics in the field of big game hunting, this Briar Patch African collection edition. In lovely gilt stamped genuine leather binding, all edges gilt, marbled end papers and silk ribbon place marker.

African Game Trails Theodore Roosevelt May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. Conkey seal on copyright page. Original olive cloth, gilt titles.

Some pages were clumsy cut when book was first time read. Some pages are still uncut. Illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and drawings by Philip R. In March , shortly after the end of his presidency, Roosevelt left New York for a safari in east and central Africa. Financed by Andrew Carnegie and by his own proposed writings, Roosevelt's party hunted for specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.