Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell

ROOSEVELT, ROBERT BARNWELL, an American lawyer; born in New York City, Aug. 7, 1829. He was an enthusiastic sportsman, and published: &ldquo;The Game Fish of North America&rdquo; (1860); &ldquo;The Game Birds of the North&rdquo; (1866); &ldquo;Superior Fishing&rdquo; (1866); &ldquo;Florida and the Game Water Birds&rdquo; (1868); &ldquo;Five Acres Too Much&rdquo; (1869), a satire provoked by Edmund Morris's &ldquo;Ten Acres Enough&rdquo;; and &ldquo;Progressive Petticoats,&rdquo; a satire on female physicians. He died June 14, 1906.