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cover of book: Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter
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Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1919

Roosevelt in his dedication to John Burroughs, the great nature writer, notes his respect for writers like Burroughs “who has trained himself to keen observation, who describes accurately what is thus observed, and who, finally, possesses the additional gift of writing with charm and interest.” TR might have been describing his own talents as a nature writer in this dedication.

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