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Hunting was in TR’s blood, a passion he indulged during his days in the western US, and in more sedate settings in the east. He had an abiding love of the outdoors, expressed in the preface to African Game Trails, the book that describes his safari:

…there are no words can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm. There is delight in the hardy life of the open, in long rides Rifle in hand, in the thrill of the fight with dangerous game. Apart from this, yet mingled with it, is the strong attraction of the silent places, of the large tropic moons, and the splendor of the new stars; where the wanderer sees the awful glory of sunrise and sunset in the wide waste spaces of the earth, unworn of man, and changed only by the slow change of the ages through time everlasting.

TR’S “BIG (FIRE) STICK”

Royal Grade Double Rifle with Case and Accessories, Presented to Theodore Roosevelt, 1909. Holland & Holland, Ltd. English (London). .500/.450 Nitro Express Caliber. Serial Number 19109. Frazier International History Museum. Museum Purchase, 2001.32. Holland & Holland, Ltd. Photo courtesy Frazier International History Museum.