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Theodore Roosevelt in safari outfit, pith helmet, and cartridge belt, holds a rifle and stands behind a dead lion. This image was used as the frontispiece of his book African Game Trails.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1909-1910
Deck of 48 cards. On the back of the cards is the image of Theodore Roosevelt from the rear, shooting an animal. On the faces of the cards are various animals, people, and places associated with Roosevelt’s 1909-1910 safari.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910
This verse, illustrated and with strategic cut-outs, satirizes Theodore Roosevelt’s African safari.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1909
Box for deck of playing cards.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910
Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt stand with a dead rhinoceros.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1909
A long line of porters carrying safari equipment across a plain. May be a stock photograph; the purported photographer is not mentioned in Theodore Roosevelt’s account of the trip, African Game Trails. One of 16 postcards of the series “Roosevelt in Africa.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910
Theodore Roosevelt, R. J. Cuninghame, and Edgar Alexander Mearns are shown riding on the front of a locomotive. This is one of 16 postcards of the series “Roosevelt in Africa.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910
Handwritten draft of chapter eight from A Book-Lover’s Holidays in the Open.
1916
Handwritten draft of chapter one of African Game Trails.
1909
Handwritten draft of chapter two of African Game Trails.
1909
Handwritten draft of chapter three of African Game Trails.
1909
Handwritten draft of chapter seven of African Game Trails.
1909
Handwritten draft of chapter eight (published as chapter 9) of African Game Trails.
1909
Handwritten draft of chapter eleven (published as chapter twelve) of African Game Trails.
1909
Theodore Roosevelt wishes William Loeb a merry Christmas and will have much to tell him on his return to the United States. Roosevelt has killed around two hundred animals on safari, from an elephant to a dik-dik. Kermit Roosevelt has grown to become a better hunter than his father. Roosevelt refused Herbert Parsons’s request to publicly support Otto T. Bannard. He supports Bannard, but is not fully informed of the issues and thinks it would look foolish to try and advise voters from Africa. In the Peary-Cook controversy, Roosevelt believes that Frederick Albert Cook “has all the earmarks of a fake” and that Robert E. Peary reached the North Pole.
1909-11-12
“The Most Wise Bavian,” meaning Kermit Roosevelt, is hunting along the coast by himself. Theodore Roosevelt is very proud of Kermit and is anxious to hear how Ted Roosevelt is doing. He has been busy in Nairobi with lunch and dinners every day, foreshadowing what his time in Europe will be like. He looks forward to returning to safari and is pleased that it is the last stage of the trip.
1909-12-16
Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt are on the last leg of the safari and Roosevelt is looking forward to the end. He was comforted by being able to write to Ethel Roosevelt. The Kampala and Nyanza lake area is beautiful and interesting. A local leader reminds Kermit of Umslopogaas, H. Rider Haggard’s Zulu hero. Roosevelt doubts he will be able to write again until reaching Cairo, Egypt.
1909-12-23
Theodore Roosevelt is excited that he will see Ethel Roosevelt in two and a half months. Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt have done well and are in excellent health. Kermit has turned into a grownup and is growing a mustache that you must be attentive to see. He is proud of Kermit’s “prowess and hardihood.” Roosevelt wrote to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about killing a charging elephant and is not sure if she will want him to keep the tusks. The last ten days have been spent traveling from Lake Victoria and Roosevelt has been greeted by the African leaders like a king.
1910-01-02
Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt are approaching the end of their trip and are content with their efforts. They are anxious to see their family again. The camp was almost burned a few nights ago, but the fire was fought off and the naturalists proved admirable in an emergency. They both remain healthy but must get sick soon to “make Africa justify its reputation.”
1910-01-17
This drawing shows a lion charging Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt in Africa. Philip Goodwin was sent by Chas. Scribner’s Sons to make drawings for Theodore Roosevelt’s book that was to be published on his return. Some, including this one, were published in African Game Trails.