Theodore Roosevelt carefully crafted his image of ... to go off with the Rough Riders. He’s on safari. He’s in the Badlands. He’s very absent. How do you reconcile that fact with the larger ...

Theodore Roosevelt became a national hero after leading ... He threw his support to William Taft and went on a year-long African safari. Dismayed by Taft’s conservative policies, Roosevelt ...

Theodore Roosevelt standing next to an elephant carcass, probably, in the East Africa Protectorate, 1909. [US Library of Congress] An African safari is a hot item on many a tourist’s Bucket List.