
Leave It as It Is
A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness
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Narrated by:
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Fred Sanders
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David Gessner
Best-selling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip inspired by America’s greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, is “a rallying cry in the age of climate change” (Robert Redford).
“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 pronouncement 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 best-selling 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 currently embroiled in a national conservation fight. Along the way, Gessner questions and reimagines Roosevelt’s vision for today’s lands.
“Insightful, observant, and wry,” (BookPage) Leave It As It Is offers an arresting history of Roosevelt’s pioneering conservationism, a powerful call to arms, and a profound meditation on our environmental future.
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Decent book
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Needs editing
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The mix of stories and facts
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Great narrator as well!
Thought provoking
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Boring
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Ugh, Not at All What I'd Hoped For
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The title of the book should be changed
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Author: David Gessner
Save yourselves! The title and description are very misleading. I was looking forward to learning more about two of my favorite subjects, Theodore Roosevelt and the National Parks.
What I got instead was the author’s political manifesto with occasional references (admittedly informed) about President Roosevelt and the parks.
Gessner drops names throughout the narrative about his close friends on Capitol Hill, all prominent radical Democrats. It is a good thing he used a professional to read the book for audible, as one can imagine the obligatory sneer anytime he mentions President Trump, Ryan Zenke, any other Republican or when he explains the most devastating event for America was when the “Supreme Court decided Bush would be president rather than Al Gore.”
Part of his story is taking his nephew on a cross country trip, visiting national parks. When they reach the beach in California, Gessner giddily explains how he celebrated by introducing his nephew to drugs.
The author avows deep admiration for TR, yet refers to cowboys as “the cowboy myth.” Some of his negative analysis of TR is accurate and fair; some is not.
If you want to read ad nauseum about the author’s political views and Bears Ears National Monument, this is the book for you.
If you are interested in history of TR and the Parks, save your time.
Misleading title & description
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