Theodore Roosevelt in the Dakota Badlands

A historical guide to TR’s life and times in North Dakota from 1883-1887 as he ranched, hunted and sought frontier adventures in Dakota Territory. A time that changed him from the “New York Dude” into the champion of the strenuous life who when on to become the 26th president of the United States. Filled with actual photographs , map and time-line of the area and Roosevelt's adventures there.
“It was here that the romance of my life began.”

Written by Clay Jenkinson as the Theodore Roosevelt Scholar in Residence for Dickinson State University who was the publisher , this book answers frequently asked questions about Roosevelt's sojourn in North Dakota: how much time he actually spent here: how close he came to fighting a duel with the romantic dreamer the Marquis de Mores; how his ranches got their names ; what encounters he had with American Indians ; and above all, what he learned from his experiences in what became North Dakota .