For the last eight months, Americans have found solace from the limitations of COVID-19 in the outdoors. Many of them enjoy a new appreciation for the country’s variety of national parks and monuments. But, it’s fair to say that most may not know they owe a great debt to the nature loving American President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. Or that his life’s work to preserve public lands is the foundation of today’s environmental movement. Author David Gessner details this legacy in his book, “Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt’s American Wilderness.” It’s our November selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.”
Guest:
David Gessner — professor and department chair at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He’s written eleven books, including the New York Times bestselling “All the Wild That Remains” and “My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism.”
