"A rallying cry in the age of climate change." --Robert Redford
An environmental clarion call, told through bestselling author David
Gessner's wilderness road trip inspired by America's greatest
conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt.
"Leave it as it is," Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the
Grand Canyon for the first time. "The ages have been at work on it and
man can only mar it." Roosevelt's rallying cry signaled the beginning of
an environmental fight that still wages today. To reconnect with the
American wilderness and with the president who courageously protected
it, acclaimed nature writer and New York Times bestselling author
David Gessner embarks on a great American road trip guided by
Roosevelt's crusading environmental legacy.
Gessner travels to the Dakota badlands where Roosevelt awakened as a
naturalist; to Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon where
Roosevelt escaped during the grind of his reelection tour; and finally,
to Bears Ears, Utah, a monument proposed by Native Tribes that is
embroiled in a national conservation fight. Along the way, Gessner
questions and reimagines Roosevelt's vision for today.
As Gessner journeys through the grandeur of our public lands, he tells
the story of Roosevelt's life as a pioneering conservationist, offering
an arresting history, a powerful call to arms, and a profound meditation
on our environmental future.
