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Hardcover in publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 940 pages. Endmatter includes Maps, Appendix, Notes and Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line. Unlike most ‘political’ biographies of Roosevelt which champion his military and foreign policy accomplishments, Brinkley’s profile of America’s 26th President is laser focused on his ecological, environmental and conservationist policies, and the political battles he fought on their behalf. His championing of National Parks is well known but here we see him as a true co-founder of America’s conservation movement through hiis protection of over 230 million acres of public land, encompassing 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reservations and 18 national monuments. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy with the usual hint of mild toning to page extremities. Else fine in a fine dust-jacket.