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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... named Spencer , who spent the following winter en- tirely alone in this remote 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 ...
... named Spencer , who spent the following winter en- tirely alone in this remote 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 ...
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... named John Donelson . The latter went by water and took a large party of immigrants , including all the women and children , down the Tennessee , and thence up the Ohio and Cumber- land to the Bluff or French Lick . Among them . were ...
... named John Donelson . The latter went by water and took a large party of immigrants , including all the women and children , down the Tennessee , and thence up the Ohio and Cumber- land to the Bluff or French Lick . Among them . were ...
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... named John Rains , who brought with him twenty - one horned cattle and seventeen horses ; the only cattle and horses which any of the immigrants succeeded in bringing to the Cumberland . But he was not the only man who had made the ...
... named John Rains , who brought with him twenty - one horned cattle and seventeen horses ; the only cattle and horses which any of the immigrants succeeded in bringing to the Cumberland . But he was not the only man who had made the ...
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... named Jonathan Jennings . The next morning they soon came to an Indian village on the south shore . The Indians made signs of friendliness , and two men started toward them in a canoe which the Adventure had in tow , while the flotilla ...
... named Jonathan Jennings . The next morning they soon came to an Indian village on the south shore . The Indians made signs of friendliness , and two men started toward them in a canoe which the Adventure had in tow , while the flotilla ...
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... named Nancy Gower . When , by the sudden onslaught of the Indians , the crew of the boat in which she was were thrown into dismay , she took the helm and steered , exposed to the fire of the savages . A ball went through the upper part ...
... named Nancy Gower . When , by the sudden onslaught of the Indians , the crew of the boat in which she was were thrown into dismay , she took the helm and steered , exposed to the fire of the savages . A ball went through the upper part ...
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