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... so soon to be the United States , among the foothills of the Alleghanies , on the
slopes of the wooded mountains , and in the long trough - like valleys that lay
between the ranges , dwelt a peculiar and characteristically American people .
... so soon to be the United States , among the foothills of the Alleghanies , on the
slopes of the wooded mountains , and in the long trough - like valleys that lay
between the ranges , dwelt a peculiar and characteristically American people .
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... backwoodsmen were Americans by birth and parentage , and of mixed race ;
but the dominant strain in their blood was that of the Presbyterian Irish - the
Scotch - Irish as they were often called . These Irish representatives of the
Covenanters ...
... backwoodsmen were Americans by birth and parentage , and of mixed race ;
but the dominant strain in their blood was that of the Presbyterian Irish - the
Scotch - Irish as they were often called . These Irish representatives of the
Covenanters ...
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scendants of many other races , they nevertheless formed the kernel of the
distinctively and intensely American stock who were the pioneers of our people in
their march westward , the vanguard of the army of fighting settlers , who with axe
...
scendants of many other races , they nevertheless formed the kernel of the
distinctively and intensely American stock who were the pioneers of our people in
their march westward , the vanguard of the army of fighting settlers , who with axe
...
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They resembled one another , and they differed from the rest of the world even
the world of America , and infinitely more the world of Europe - in dress , in
customs , and in mode of life . Where their lands abutted on the more settled
districts to ...
They resembled one another , and they differed from the rest of the world even
the world of America , and infinitely more the world of Europe - in dress , in
customs , and in mode of life . Where their lands abutted on the more settled
districts to ...
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| Title | The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Volume 3 Volume 3 of Publications of the Roosevelt Memorial Association Volume 272 of Riverside literature series Issue 3 of Roosevelt memorial association The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches, Theodore Roosevelt |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Editor | John Ashby Lester |
| Compiled by | Hermann Hagedorn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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