A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open

A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Printer errors have been changed, and they are indicated with a mouse-hover and listed at the end of this book. All other inconsistencies are as in the original. A BOOK-LOVER'S HOLIDAYS IN THE OPEN. Illustrated. 8vo $2.00 net THROUGH THE BRAZILIAN WILDERNESS. Illustrated. Large 8vo $3.50 net LIFE-HISTORIES OF AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS. With Edmund Heller. Illustrated. 2 vols. Large 8vo $10.00 net AFRICAN GAME TRAILS. An account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist. Illustrated. Large 8vo $4.00 net OUTDOOR PASTIMES OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER. New Edition. Illustrated. 8vo $3.00 net HISTORY AS LITERATURE and Other Essays. 12mo $1.50 net OLIVER CROMWELL. Illustrated. 8vo $2.00 net THE ROUGH RIDERS. Illustrated. 8vo $1.50 net THE ROOSEVELT BOOK. Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt. 16mo 50 cents net AMERICA AND THE WORLD WAR. 12mo 75 cents net The man should have youth and strength who seeks adventure in the wide, waste spaces of the earth, in the marshes, and among the vast mountain masses, in the northern forests, amid the steaming jungles of the tropics, or on the deserts of sand or of snow. He must long greatly for the lonely winds that blow across the wilderness, and for sunrise and sunset over the rim of the empty world. His heart must thrill for the saddle and not for the hearthstone. He must be helmsman and chief, the cragsman, the rifleman, the boat steerer. He must be the wielder of axe and of paddle, the rider of fiery horses, the master of the craft that leaps through white water. His eye must be true and quick, his hand steady and strong. His heart must never fail nor his head grow bewildered, whether he face brute and human foes, or the frowning strength of hostile nature, or the awful fear that grips those who are lost in trackless lands. Wearing toil and hardship shall be his; thirst and famine he shall face, and burning fever. Death shall come to greet him with poison-fang[viii] or poison-arrow, in shape of charging beast or of scaly things that lurk in lake and river; it shall lie in wait for him among untrodden forests, in the swirl of wild waters, and in the blast of snow blizzard or thunder-shattered hurricane. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 34135
Author: Roosevelt, Theodore
Release Date: Oct 26, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English