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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... SETTLE- MENT , 1779-1780 . VIII . THE CUMBERLAND SETTLEMENTS TO THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION , 1781-1783 IX . WHAT THE WESTERNERS HAD DONE DURING THE REVOLUTION , 1783 • • APPENDICES I 32 49 APPENDIX D - TO CHAPTER VIII . APPENDIX E - TO ...
... SETTLE- MENT , 1779-1780 . VIII . THE CUMBERLAND SETTLEMENTS TO THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION , 1781-1783 IX . WHAT THE WESTERNERS HAD DONE DURING THE REVOLUTION , 1783 • • APPENDICES I 32 49 APPENDIX D - TO CHAPTER VIII . APPENDIX E - TO ...
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... SETTLE- MENT , 1779-1780 R OBERTSON had no share in the glory of King's Mountain , and no part in the subse- quent career of the men who won it ; for , at the time , he was doing his allotted work , a work of at least equal importance ...
... SETTLE- MENT , 1779-1780 R OBERTSON had no share in the glory of King's Mountain , and no part in the subse- quent career of the men who won it ; for , at the time , he was doing his allotted work , a work of at least equal importance ...
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... settle . Other hunters were with him , and they stayed some time . A creole trapper from the Wa- bash was then living in a cabin on the south side of the river . He did not meet the new - comers ; but 2 The locality where Nashborough ...
... settle . Other hunters were with him , and they stayed some time . A creole trapper from the Wa- bash was then living in a cabin on the south side of the river . He did not meet the new - comers ; but 2 The locality where Nashborough ...
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... settle- ments sprang up around him . To the end of his days he 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 ...
... settle- ments sprang up around him . To the end of his days he 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 ...
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... settlement , but land for speculative purposes . Wild land was then so abun- dant that the quantity literally seemed inexhaustible ; and it was absolutely valueless until settled . Our forefathers may well be pardoned for failing to see ...
... settlement , but land for speculative purposes . Wild land was then so abun- dant that the quantity literally seemed inexhaustible ; and it was absolutely valueless until settled . Our forefathers may well be pardoned for failing to see ...
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