Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota: Badlands, Bison, and the Making of a Conservationist In-Person Program (Smithsonian Associates)
In 1883, Theodore Roosevelt looked to the Badlands of western North Dakota as a place where he could transform himself from an asthmatic 24-year-old New Yorker into a big-game hunter, rancher, and authentic cowboy. A year later, it took on new meaning as a place of refuge and solace after the deaths of his wife...