In 1909, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned ex-President Theodore Roosevelt to collect specimens of African wildlife for the National Museum.
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Brands, the author of the bestselling Roosevelt biography T.
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His book Through the Brazilian Wilderness is also available from Cooper Square Press.
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).\' 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.
Yet Roosevelt never killed for thrills, instead hunting only specific animals in the amounts requested by the Smithsonian.
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.
In 1909, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned ex-President Theodore Roosevelt to collect specimens of African wildlife for the National Museum
