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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Page 1
... wilderness to build and even more typical frontier commonwealth , the westernmost of any yet founded by the backwoods- men . new Robertson had been for ten years a leader among the Holston and Watauga people . He had at dif- ferent ...
... wilderness to build and even more typical frontier commonwealth , the westernmost of any yet founded by the backwoods- men . new Robertson had been for ten years a leader among the Holston and Watauga people . He had at dif- ferent ...
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... wilderness , living in a hollow sycamore - tree . Spencer was a giant in his day , a man huge in body and limb , all whose life had been spent in the wilderness . He came to the bend of the Cumberland from Kentucky in the early spring ...
... wilderness , living in a hollow sycamore - tree . Spencer was a giant in his day , a man huge in body and limb , all whose life had been spent in the wilderness . He came to the bend of the Cumberland from Kentucky in the early spring ...
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... Wilderness Road , - through Cumberland Gap , and across the Cumber- land River . Then he struck off southwest through the wilderness , lightening his labor by taking the broad , well - beaten buffalo trails whenever they led in his ...
... Wilderness Road , - through Cumberland Gap , and across the Cumber- land River . Then he struck off southwest through the wilderness , lightening his labor by taking the broad , well - beaten buffalo trails whenever they led in his ...
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... wilderness , and then proceeding to people them . There was a rage for land speculation and land companies of every kind . The private correspondence of almost all the public men of the period , from Washington , Madi- son , and ...
... wilderness , and then proceeding to people them . There was a rage for land speculation and land companies of every kind . The private correspondence of almost all the public men of the period , from Washington , Madi- son , and ...
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... wilderness.8 The settlers who came by water passed through much greater peril and hardship . By a stroke of good fortune the journal kept by Donelson , the leader of the expedition , has been preserved . " As • MSS . on " Dunham ...
... wilderness.8 The settlers who came by water passed through much greater peril and hardship . By a stroke of good fortune the journal kept by Donelson , the leader of the expedition , has been preserved . " As • MSS . on " Dunham ...
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