{"product_id":"leave-it-as-it-is-a-journey-through-theodore-roosevelts-american-wilderness-9781982105051","title":"Leave It as It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBestselling 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).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author David Gessner embarks on a great American road trip guided by Roosevelt's crusading environmental legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGessner 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Insightful, observant, and wry,\" (\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eLeave It As It Is\u003c\/i\u003e offers an arresting history of Roosevelt's pioneering conservationism, a powerful call to arms, and a profound meditation on our environmental future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12964835\"\u003eDavid Gessner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.59w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982105051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982105054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NAT\"\u003eNature\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NAT011000\"\u003eEnvironmental Conservation \u0026amp; Protection | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO030000\"\u003eEnvironmentalists \u0026amp; Naturalists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV034000\"\u003eSpecial Interest | Hikes \u0026amp; Walks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Gessner is the author of ten books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eAll the Wild That Remains\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught environmental writing as a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer at Harvard and is currently a professor and department chair at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he founded the award-winning literary journal \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e. Gessner lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50819020194089,"sku":"9781982105051","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_3a987327-fbf1-4e20-aeb4-dd49ffa1c2fd.jpg?v=1755625420","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/leave-it-as-it-is-a-journey-through-theodore-roosevelts-american-wilderness-9781982105051","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}