ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt"), as President, to Edward North Buxton, Washington, 8 December 1902. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, tipped to the rear flyleaf of Buxton's book Two African Trips.
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt"), as President, to Edward North Buxton, Washington, 8 December 1902. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, tipped to the rear flyleaf of Buxton's book Two African Trips. "I DO NOT LOSE MY TASTE FOR HUNTING...BUT I CERTAINLY DISBELIEVE MORE AND MORE IN BUTCHERY" Buxton proudly tips this fan letter from Roosevelt into a copy of the book which T. R. admires so much: "I have been delighted with your book," he writes. "You are one of the most potent among the teachers and pioneers in the movement which will make the lover of big game and of the wilderness an instrument against, instead of in favor of, the destruction of both. As I grow older I do not lose my taste for hunting, and I think my fondness for the wilderness increases; but I certainly disbelieve more and more in butchery. I have taken the liberty of sending you a copy of a volume to which I contributed [probably American Big-Game Hunting ], in which you will see that I preach somewhat the same doctrine." He looks forward to seeing Buxton "on this side of the water" and (in a holograph addition) invites him to be his "guest at the White House." A fine statement of Roosevelt's complementary identities as sportsman and conservationist. Buxton's richly illustrated 1902 work argues for creation of game reserves where hunters can enjoy good sport, while also protecting species against extinction. That was precisely the philosophy T.R. expounded in American Big-Game Hunting , which he published under the auspices of the "Boone and Crockett Club," an organization geared towards conservation efforts.
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt"), as President, to Edward North Buxton, Washington, 8 December 1902. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, tipped to the rear flyleaf of Buxton's book Two African Trips.
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt"), as President, to Edward North Buxton, Washington, 8 December 1902. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, tipped to the rear flyleaf of Buxton's book Two African Trips. "I DO NOT LOSE MY TASTE FOR HUNTING...BUT I CERTAINLY DISBELIEVE MORE AND MORE IN BUTCHERY" Buxton proudly tips this fan letter from Roosevelt into a copy of the book which T. R. admires so much: "I have been delighted with your book," he writes. "You are one of the most potent among the teachers and pioneers in the movement which will make the lover of big game and of the wilderness an instrument against, instead of in favor of, the destruction of both. As I grow older I do not lose my taste for hunting, and I think my fondness for the wilderness increases; but I certainly disbelieve more and more in butchery. I have taken the liberty of sending you a copy of a volume to which I contributed [probably American Big-Game Hunting ], in which you will see that I preach somewhat the same doctrine." He looks forward to seeing Buxton "on this side of the water" and (in a holograph addition) invites him to be his "guest at the White House." A fine statement of Roosevelt's complementary identities as sportsman and conservationist. Buxton's richly illustrated 1902 work argues for creation of game reserves where hunters can enjoy good sport, while also protecting species against extinction. That was precisely the philosophy T.R. expounded in American Big-Game Hunting , which he published under the auspices of the "Boone and Crockett Club," an organization geared towards conservation efforts.
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