“A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open” by Theodore Roosevelt. Charles Scribner's Sons 1916. Note: This book is 'read as written'. It was published in 1916. It is in the public domain. US president from 1901 to 1909, an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, acclaimed historian... and a lover of books. This is an insight into Roosevelt's reading interests and ideas about selecting reading material. From the Foreword: The beauty and charm of the wilderness are his for the asking, for the edges of the wilderness lie close beside the beaten roads of present travel. The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it.
