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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... remained a solitary hunter and Indian fighter , spurning restraint and comfort , and seeking the strong excitement of danger to give zest to his life . Even in the time of the greatest peril from the savages he would not stay shut up in ...
... remained a solitary hunter and Indian fighter , spurning restraint and comfort , and seeking the strong excitement of danger to give zest to his life . Even in the time of the greatest peril from the savages he would not stay shut up in ...
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... remained were gathered in Nashborough and Freelands.19 The Cumberland country would have been aban- ยท doned to the Indians , had Robertson not shown himself to be exactly the man for whom the crisis called . Robertson was not a dashing ...
... remained were gathered in Nashborough and Freelands.19 The Cumberland country would have been aban- ยท doned to the Indians , had Robertson not shown himself to be exactly the man for whom the crisis called . Robertson was not a dashing ...
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... remained , but he asked them to ponder well if the beauty and fertility of the land did not warrant some risk being run to hold it , now that it was won . They were at last in a fair country fitted for the homes of their children . Now ...
... remained , but he asked them to ponder well if the beauty and fertility of the land did not warrant some risk being run to hold it , now that it was won . They were at last in a fair country fitted for the homes of their children . Now ...
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... remained friend- ly ; but , as usual , the Cherokee and Creek chiefs who chose to attend were unable to bind those of their 8 Donelson , who was one of the men who became discour- aged and went to Kentucky , was the Virginian commis ...
... remained friend- ly ; but , as usual , the Cherokee and Creek chiefs who chose to attend were unable to bind those of their 8 Donelson , who was one of the men who became discour- aged and went to Kentucky , was the Virginian commis ...
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... remained British ; on the south the lands draining into the Gulf remained Spanish , or under Spanish influence . The actual boundaries we acquired can be roughly stated in the north to have followed the divide between the waters of the ...
... remained British ; on the south the lands draining into the Gulf remained Spanish , or under Spanish influence . The actual boundaries we acquired can be roughly stated in the north to have followed the divide between the waters of the ...
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