Theodore Roosevelt Biography Essay

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the president of the United States, travel around the world, or to fight for your nation? Theodore Roosevelt was a president, soldier, and conservationist, whose contributions to our nation led to the conservation of much land and many animals, thus beginning the development of National Parks. I selected him due to the many positive contributions he has had to the development of our country, and the legacy he left behind with it. For example, if it wasn't for Theodore Roosevelt then the National Parks we have today wouldn't have existed or have been as well preserved as they are currently. It is because of his contributions and leadership that he is a noble prize winner and is one of the four …show more content…
Theodore Roosevelt quadrupled the amount of federally protected land, adding up to a total of 230 million acres
(Theodore Roosevelt: Brief Biography). He was able to accomplish this goal by developing and preserving national parks, creation over 50 national wildlife refuges(Young), informing the public on the importance of natural resources to raise awareness, and transformed the undeveloped western land in to farmland. At the time, some people thought he was setting aside land for his own private use and/or for hunting. Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed a variety of hobbies including writing, reading, and hunting. Through his life and many adventures as a hunter in America, the Amazon, and even Africa, he documented and wrote about the animals he observed and hunted. However, he didn’t hunt for the senseless killing of animals, but for the noble sport of it. In fact, this was how he developed his most public and well know nickname “Teddy”. He received the nickname from an unsuccessful hunt. The men he was hunting with tied up and old bear for him to kill, but he refused to shoot it. Later on, many comics were made about this event to mock Theodore, and the old bear he refused to shoot became known as “Teddy’s Bear”. In the end he not only received a new nickname by the public, but also unknowingly lead to the development of the Teddy