A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open is a classic nature text by Teddy Roosevelt that details the about Roosevelts's hunting adventures in the USA and South America and includes the following chapters: A cougar hunt on the rim of the Grand Canyon -- Across the Navajo desert -- The Hopi snake-dance -- The ranchland of Argentina and southern Brazil -- A Chilean rodeo -- Across the Andes and northern Patagonia -- Wild hunting companions -- Primitive man; and the horse, the lion, and the elephant -- Books for holidays in the open -- Bird reserves at the mouth of the Mississippi -- A curious experience.