With work hanging at the White House and in permanent, private and Museum collections, throughout the world, John Seerey-Lester has become one of the most renowned of today’s wildlife and historic artists.
John has gained a reputation over the years for producing images with a narrative and which are both mysterious and mystical. Now he has taken this skill to produce a remarkable series of paintings depicting historic hunts of safari legends.
In this book Seerey-Lester recreates in words and paint some of the most incredible experiences of one remarkable man.
You will share TRs frustration of being a rancher and the thrill of being an explorer and big game hunter. You will be there, as the president becomes the first white man to witness the Maasai Warriors rite of passage in Africa; you will share in TR’s fear during a bear attack and read about his amazing hand to claw combat with a world record cougar.
After reading these, more than 50 stories that begin when TR was just 17 years of age, you will realize that no man in recent history ever experienced as many life-threatening incidents. Seerey-Lester has captured many of these in his paintings and in the retelling of the stories behind the episodes.
You will see that TR was driven by ambition but also tragedy, and read about the incidents, which led to him becoming the youngest man to become President of the United States. How he managed to balance public life with his desire to hunt and preserve the natural habitat of his beloved America. Seerey-Lester deals with those two sides of TR with compassion and understanding.
Some 18 stories are devoted to this historic venture on the Dark Continent, the difficulties of hunting and preserving big game specimens; life and death incidents to which ultimately turned out to be controversial.
The Book continues with his hazardous expedition down the River of Doubt in Brazil, and then concludes with expeditions undertaken in the Far East by his sons, Kermit and Ted, proving that the TR tradition continued after his death.
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- Hardcover Gallery Edition - $60.00
- Publisher: Wild Visions, Inc.
- Author: Sir John Seerey-Lester
- ISBN: 978-1-935342-16-8
