The Winning Of The West, Volume Four

The Winning of the West is a four-volume historical work written by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. This particular volume, Volume 4, covers the period of 1784 to 1807, during which the United States expanded westward and established its presence on the continent. The book details the struggles and triumphs of the American pioneers, settlers, and military personnel who fought against Native American tribes and other obstacles to secure land and resources for their growing nation. Roosevelt’s writing is known for its vivid descriptions of the American West and its people, as well as his personal admiration for the rugged individualism and determination of the pioneers who helped shape the country. The Winning of the West V4 is a valuable resource for anyone interested in American history, particularly the westward expansion of the United States during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.The Winning of the West, Volume Four. Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807. Theodore Roosevelt was more than just the 26th president of the United States. He was a writer, historian, explorer, big-game hunter, soldier, conservationist, ranchman and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Drawing greatly from materials found in the archives of the American Government, Roosevelt has written a multivolume history of the border people. He writes in the Preface: For a number of years I spent most of my time on the frontier, and lived and worked like any other frontiersman. The wild country in which we dwelt and across which we wandered was in the far West; and there were of course many features in which the life of a cattleman on the Great Plains and among the Rockies differed from that led by a backwoodsman in the Alleghany forest a century before. Yet the points of resemblance were far more numerous and striking. We guarded our herds of branded cattle and shaggy horses, hunted bear, bison, elk, and deer, established civil government, and put down evil-doers, white and red, on the banks of the Little Missouri and among the wooded, precipitous foothills of the Bighorn, exactly as did the pioneers who a hundred years previously build their log cabins beside the Kentucky or in the valleys of the Great Smokies. The men who have shared in the fast vanishing frontier life of the present feel a peculiar sympathy with the already long-vanished frontier life of the past.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.