Roger Di Silvestro is a senior editor at National Wildlife magazine and author of In the Shadow of Wounded Knee and several nature books, including The Endangered Kingdom and Reclaiming the Last Wild Places. His article about Theodore Roosevelt in the West won the 2010 Western Writers of America Spur Award for short nonfiction. He lives in Virginia, near Washington, D.C.
"Fascinating biographical sketch... DiSilvestro paints a vivid
panorama of the fast-vanishing frontier and plays the material
straight." --Publishers Weekly"A good example of how focused
biographical writing, when skillfully executed, can enlighten as
well as a full-life biography." --Kirkus"Highly recommended as
useful to scholars and accessible to general readers, this work
focuses on the nature of the Badlands crucible that ultimately
recast Roosevelt's sense of confidence and purpose as a participant
in American governance." --Library Journal
Fascinating biographical sketch DiSilvestro paints a vivid panorama
of the fast-vanishing frontier and plays the material straight.
"Publishers Weekly" A good example of how focused biographical
writing, when skillfully executed, can enlighten as well as a
full-life biography. "Kirkus" Highly recommended as useful to
scholars and accessible to general readers, this work focuses on
the nature of the Badlands crucible that ultimately recast
Roosevelt's sense of confidence and purpose as a participant in
American governance. "Library Journal""
"Fascinating biographical sketch... DiSilvestro paints a vivid
panorama of the fast-vanishing frontier and plays the material
straight." -Publishers Weekly "A good example of how focused
biographical writing, when skillfully executed, can enlighten as
well as a full-life biography." -Kirkus "Highly recommended as
useful to scholars and accessible to general readers, this work
focuses on the nature of the Badlands crucible that ultimately
recast Roosevelt's sense of confidence and purpose as a participant
in American governance." -Library Journal
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