GAME TRAILS Memoirs of a Thousand Sportsmen with Signed Note from Daniel J. Boorstin
by Miscellaneous ; [Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt, Jr.'s copy] ; [Daniel J. Boorstin signed note]
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- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
Mount Vernon, NY: Jonas Bros. Taxidermists. Near Fine. 1939. First Edition. Original Printed Stiff Wrappers. Autograph; 48 pages; Clean and secure in original zebra patterned wrappers. Established in1908, Jonas Brothers Taxidermy continues to be one of the nations premier taxidermy studios. This 1939 publication describes their mission, their taxidermy services, samples of their products, care of trophies, museum examples, guns and ammunition, game recipes, and hunting tips. Well illustrated with dramatic photographs. Laid-in is a signed manuscript note on printed letterhead of the "Office of the Director The National Museum of History and Technology / Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560" The note reads: "Greetings / from / Daniel J. Boorstin" Boorstin was director of NMAH from 19681973. This publication was presented by him to Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt, Jr. (1916 - 2000) was the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was a career intelligence officer who served in the Office of Strategic Services and was the mastermind of the Central Intelligence Agency's Operation Ajax, which orchestrated the coup against Iran's democratically-elected Mohammed Mossadegh administration, and returned Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, to Iran's Peacock Throne in August 1953 for the purpose of returning Western control of Middle Eastern oil supplies. Assigned to Egypt, Roosevelt impressed his colleagues with Project FF, which encouraged the Free Officers Movement to carry out a coup d'état in 1952, and Roosevelt developed close CIA links to the new leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser. In Egypt under Allen Dulles, Kim Roosevelt supervised the CIA's operation to undermine the popular General Neguib and encourage the rise to power of Gamul Abdul Nasser. Even before his decisive victory, Nasser was communicating through Roosevelt to make a settlement with Great Britain. These back channel negotiations eventually produced the treaty signed in October 1954. Hugh Wilford: "[Roosevelt Jr.] had this notion of America forming an alliance with the Arab countries as they emerged from under the sway of Britain and France. He was very concerned with backing Arab nationalists in the region. He saw that as the best way of keeping it within the American orbit, as the Cold War was gathering momentum...." The Eisenhower administration, including Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, was initially quite sympathetic towards the Arabist agenda of Roosevelt's and his colleagues and willing to oppose Middle Eastern regimes seen "as backing the Soviet Union rather than the U.S." In discussing Roosevelt's role, Wilford describes him as being among "the most important intelligence officers of their generation in the Middle East." .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44738
- Title
- GAME TRAILS Memoirs of a Thousand Sportsmen with Signed Note from Daniel J. Boorstin
- Author
- Miscellaneous ; [Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt, Jr.'s copy] ; [Daniel J. Boorstin signed note]
- Format/Binding
- Original Printed Stiff Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonas Bros. Taxidermists
- Place of Publication
- Mount Vernon, NY
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Big Game Hunting, Taxidermy, Hunting Trophies, Recipes for game, Wild Animals
- Bookseller catalogs
- African Studies; Hunting and Fishing;
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