No American president has been closer to the working life of the West thanTheodore Roosevelt. From 1884 to 1886 he built up his ranch on the LittleMissouri in D... » 

No American president has been closer to the working life of the West thanTheodore Roosevelt. From 1884 to 1886 he built up his ranch on the LittleMissouri in Dakota Territory accepting the inevitable toil and hardships. Hemet the unique characters of the Bad Landsmountain men degenerate buffalohunters Indians and cowboysand observed their changes as the West becamemore populated. Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail describes Rooseveltsroutine labor and extraordinary adventures including a stint as a deputysheriff pursuing three horse thieves through the cold of winter. Whetherrecounting stories of cowboy fights or describing his hunting of elk antelopeand bear the book expresses his lifelong delight in physical hardihood andtests of nerve. «