The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCharles Scribner's Sons, 1889 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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Page 45
... tree - clad land , for even their sites had ceased to be distinguishable ; the great high - road that led to Pensacola had faded away , overgrown by the rank luxuriance of the semi - tropical forest . Throughout the interior the painted ...
... tree - clad land , for even their sites had ceased to be distinguishable ; the great high - road that led to Pensacola had faded away , overgrown by the rank luxuriance of the semi - tropical forest . Throughout the interior the painted ...
Page 50
... trees and underbrush , and were often overflowed in the spring freshets . Some- times the prairies were long , narrow strips of mead- ow land ; again they were so broad as to be a day's journey across , and to the American , bred in a ...
... trees and underbrush , and were often overflowed in the spring freshets . Some- times the prairies were long , narrow strips of mead- ow land ; again they were so broad as to be a day's journey across , and to the American , bred in a ...
Page 58
... trees , planted by their forefathers when they came from France , and old pear - trees , of a kind unknown to the Americans ; but their fields often lay untilled , while the owners lolled in the sunshine smoking their pipes . In ...
... trees , planted by their forefathers when they came from France , and old pear - trees , of a kind unknown to the Americans ; but their fields often lay untilled , while the owners lolled in the sunshine smoking their pipes . In ...
Page 59
... trees , and drove off the game . But even these pursuits were followed under the ancient customs and usages of the country , leave to travel and trade being first obtained from the commandant 23 ; for the rule of the commandant was ...
... trees , and drove off the game . But even these pursuits were followed under the ancient customs and usages of the country , leave to travel and trade being first obtained from the commandant 23 ; for the rule of the commandant was ...
Page 79
... tree and rafters of hickory . Their fronts were open piazzas , their sides were lathed and plastered , sometimes with white marl , sometimes with reddish clay , and they had plank doors and were roofed neatly with cypress bark or ...
... tree and rafters of hickory . Their fronts were open piazzas , their sides were lathed and plastered , sometimes with white marl , sometimes with reddish clay , and they had plank doors and were roofed neatly with cypress bark or ...
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