The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestP. F. Collier, 1896 - 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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... fact that he was but a type of many other men whose lives were no less lonely and dangerous . He had no qualities to make him a leader when settle- ments sprang up around him . To the end of his days he remained a solitary hunter and ...
... fact that he was but a type of many other men whose lives were no less lonely and dangerous . He had no qualities to make him a leader when settle- ments sprang up around him . To the end of his days he remained a solitary hunter and ...
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... fact , Henderson , the treaty - maker and land- speculator , whose purchase first gave the whites clear color of title to the valleys of the Kentucky and Cumberland , played somewhat the same part , though on a smaller scale , in the ...
... fact , Henderson , the treaty - maker and land- speculator , whose purchase first gave the whites clear color of title to the valleys of the Kentucky and Cumberland , played somewhat the same part , though on a smaller scale , in the ...
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... fact the need of excessive economy in the use of ammunition when on their long hunting - trips was one of the chief reasons for the use of small bores . They therefore used comparatively little ammunition . Nevertheless , by the ...
... fact the need of excessive economy in the use of ammunition when on their long hunting - trips was one of the chief reasons for the use of small bores . They therefore used comparatively little ammunition . Nevertheless , by the ...
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... facts there is good authority . The annals are filled with name after name of men who were killed by the Indians . The dates , and even the names , may be misplaced in many of these instances ; but this is really a matter of no ...
... facts there is good authority . The annals are filled with name after name of men who were killed by the Indians . The dates , and even the names , may be misplaced in many of these instances ; but this is really a matter of no ...
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Theodore Roosevelt. fellows who did not . The whole treaty was , in fact , on both sides , of a merely preliminary nature . The boundaries it arranged were not considered final until confirmed by the treaty of Hopewell a couple of years ...
Theodore Roosevelt. fellows who did not . The whole treaty was , in fact , on both sides , of a merely preliminary nature . The boundaries it arranged were not considered final until confirmed by the treaty of Hopewell a couple of years ...
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