# The Happy Hunting-Grounds

Author: Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64079

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Happy+Hunting-Grounds+Roosevelt&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There is a universal saying to the effect that it is when men are off in the wilds that they show themselves as they really are. As is the case with the majority of proverbs there is much truth in it, for without the minor comforts of life to smooth things down, and with even the elemental necessities more or less problematical, the inner man has an unusual opportunity of showing himself--and he is not always attractive. A man may be a pleasant companion when you always meet him clad in dry clothes, and certain of substantial meals at regulated intervals, but the same cheery individual may seem a very different person when you are both on half rations, eaten cold, and have been drenched f...

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-happy-hunting-grounds-64079/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-happy-hunting-grounds-64079/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-happy-hunting-grounds-64079/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-happy-hunting-grounds-64079/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-happy-hunting-grounds-64079/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-happy-hunting-grounds-64079/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-happy-hunting-grounds-64079/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-happy-hunting-grounds-64079/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-happy-hunting-grounds-64079/chapters/9/index.md)