The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCharles Scribner's Sons, 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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... frontier commonwealth , the westernmost of any yet founded by the backwoods- men . Robertson had been for ten years a leader among the Holston and Watauga people . He had at dif- ferent times played the foremost part in organizing the ...
... frontier commonwealth , the westernmost of any yet founded by the backwoods- men . Robertson had been for ten years a leader among the Holston and Watauga people . He had at dif- ferent times played the foremost part in organizing the ...
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... frontier forted town . Other stations were scattered along both sides of the river ; some were stockades , others merely block - houses , with the yard and garden inclosed by stout palings . As with all similar border forts or stations ...
... frontier forted town . Other stations were scattered along both sides of the river ; some were stockades , others merely block - houses , with the yard and garden inclosed by stout palings . As with all similar border forts or stations ...
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... frontier , amid a succession of Indian It is , unfortunately , exceedingly difficult in Putnam's book to distinguish the really valuable authentic information it contains from the interwoven tissue of matter written solely to suit his ...
... frontier , amid a succession of Indian It is , unfortunately , exceedingly difficult in Putnam's book to distinguish the really valuable authentic information it contains from the interwoven tissue of matter written solely to suit his ...
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... frontier leader , like Sevier . He had rather the qualities of Boone , with the differ- ence that he was less a wandering hunter and ex- plorer , and better fitted to be head of a settled com- munity . He was far - seeing , tranquil ...
... frontier leader , like Sevier . He had rather the qualities of Boone , with the differ- ence that he was less a wandering hunter and ex- plorer , and better fitted to be head of a settled com- munity . He was far - seeing , tranquil ...
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... frontier fort ; its rays lit up the clearing , and by contrast dark- ened the black shadows of the surrounding forest . None of the sleepers within the log - walls dreamed of danger . Yet their peril was imminent . An ( 32 ) THE ...
... frontier fort ; its rays lit up the clearing , and by contrast dark- ened the black shadows of the surrounding forest . None of the sleepers within the log - walls dreamed of danger . Yet their peril was imminent . An ( 32 ) THE ...
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