The Winning of the West, Volume One by Theodore Roosevelt
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Title: The Winning of the West, Volume One From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Release Date: April 7, 2004 [EBook #11941]
Language: English
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PRESIDENTIAL EDITION
THE WINNING OF THE WEST
BY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
VOLUME ONE
FROM THE ALLEGHANIES TO THE MISSISSIPPI
1769-1776
WITH MAP
This book is dedicated, with his permission to FRANCIS PARKMAN
To whom Americans who feel a pride in the pioneer history of their country are so greatly indebted
"O strange New World that yit wast never young, Whose youth from thee by gripin' need was wrung, Brown foundlin' o' the woods, whose baby-bed Was prowled roun' by the Injun's cracklin' tread, And who grew'st strong thru shifts an' wants an' pains, Nursed by stern men with empires in their brains, Who saw in vision their young Ishmel strain With each hard hand a vassal ocean's mane; Thou skilled by Freedom and by gret events To pitch new states ez Old World men pitch tents. Thou taught by fate to know Jehova