This scarce text comprises a comprehensive collection of short essays detailing a vast number of hunting experiences, complete with pictures and sketches taken or drawn by those involved. Included in this compendium are the essays entitled: Hunting in East Africa, To the Gulf of Cortez, A Canadian Moose Hunt, A Hunting Trip in India, Dog Sledging in the North, Wolf-Hunting in Russia, A Bear-Hunt in the Sierras, The Ascent of Chief Mountain, The Cougar, Big Game of Mongolia and Tibet, Hunting in the Cattle Country, Wolf-Coursing, Game Laws, and Protection of the Yellowstone National Park. A thoroughly exciting and informative read, Hunting In Many Lands can be read and enjoyed equally by hunting enthusiasts, historians, and the average reader - a valuable addition to any library. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was an author, explorer, naturalist, historian, politician, and held office as the 26th President of the United States. This scarce text was first published in 1895 and is proudly republished here with an introductory biography of the author.

本書は、第26代米大統領ルーズベルトらが編纂した、単なる狩猟記録を超えた「荒野の叙事詩」です。19世紀末の未開の自然を舞台に、獲物を追う高揚感と生命への畏敬が、力強い筆致で綴られています。フロンティア精神の真髄が宿るその言葉は、読者を未知なる冒険へと誘う熱量に満ちています。 文学的白眉は、各地の風景を活写する精緻な描写力と、自然保護の原点といえる先見的な哲学です。文明が自然を侵食する時代の狭間で、彼らが求めた「野生との対峙」こそが本作の深奥。執筆陣の魂の叫びは、現代人の心に眠る野性を呼び覚ます、至高の読書体験を約束してくれます。