| The Winning of the West, Vol. I (in four volumes): From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 Contributor(s): Roosevelt, Theodore (Author) |
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ISBN: 1646792076 ISBN-13: 9781646792078 Publisher: Cosimo Classics OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | Expeditions & Discoveries - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.89 lbs) 318 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "During the past three centuries the spread of the English-speaking peoples over the world's waste spaces has been not only the most striking feature in the world's history, but also the event of all others most far-reaching in its effects and its importance." --Theodore Roosevelt, The Winning of the West, Vol. I The Winning of the West Vol. I--From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 (1889) is the first part of Theodore Roosevelt's four-volume exciting saga about the settling of the American West. Many considered this Roosevelt's most important book. Volume I describes the first settlers from the East moving to the land between the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers. It describes specifically the adventures of frontiersmen Daniel Boone and John Sevier. |