eh this wasn't really my cup of tea and that's kind of on me--I mistakenly thought this was about the history of the national parks, which it is a liiittle bit, but it's mostly about big game hunting, which I just don't really enjoy reading about. I KNOW it's linked to conservation/museums, especially back in the day, but I don't want to read about the president killing a bunch of lions for funsies. I did like reading some of the parts about the history of museums, but mostly this was a combination of things I already knew or things I didn't care to learn about, SORRY.

the writing/research are fine but not the kind of extraordinary nonfiction prose that can make me care about things I wouldn't normally care about. (eg Susan Orlean). IT WAS FINE, if you're really into the history of big game hunting this would probably be your jam.