Beauty and tragedy in the wilderness: the naturalism of Theodore Roosevelt / Darrin Lunde --
Theodore Roosevelt: "The outdoor man who writes" / Thomas Cullen Bailey and Katherine Joslin --
"I So Declare It": Roosevelt's love affair with birds / Duane G. Jundt --
Urban wild: Theodore Roosevelt's explorations of Rock Creek Park / Melanie Choukas-Bradley --
Part 2. Outside influences --
"For Generations Yet Unborn": George Bird Grinnell, Theodore Roosevelt, and the early conservation movement / John F. Reiger --
Play, work, and politics: The remarkable partnership of Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot / Char Miller --
Friendship under five inches of snow: Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in Yosemite / Barb Rosenstock --
The cowboy, the crusader, and the salvation of the American buffalo / Clay S. Jenkinson --
Part 3. Natural politics --
Theodore Roosevelt, the West, and the New America / Elliott West --
Theodore Roosevelt and conservation: looking abroad / Ian Tyrrell --
Memorializing Theodore Roosevelt: Si monumentum requiris, circumspice / Clay S. Jenkinson.