
The Winning of the West (Complete Edition)
By Theodore RooseveltLength45h 42m
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This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This four-volume edition by one of the most admired Presidents of the United States thoroughly explains the historical process of the conquest of the American West and how the Americans fought Indian tribes, British, French, and Spanish troops to become the greatest power of the world. Contents: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi 1769-1776 The Spread of the English-speaking Peoples The French of the Ohio Valley The Appalachian Confederacies The Algonquins of the Northwest Boon and the Long Hunters; and Their Hunting in No-man's-land Sevier, Robertson, and the Watauga Commonwealth Lord Dunmore's War The Battle of the Great Kanawha; and Logan's Speech Boon and the Settlement of Kentucky The Southern Backwoodsmen Overwhelm the Cherokees Growth and Civil Organization of Kentucky From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi 1777-1783 The War in the Northwest Clark's Conquest of the Illinois Clark's Campaign Against Vincennes Continuance of the Struggle in Kentucky The Moravian Massacre Kentucky Until the End of the Revolution The Holston Settlements King's Mountain Robertson Founds the Cumberland Settlement What the Westerners Had Done During the Revolution The Founding of the Trans- Alleghany Commonwealths 1784-1790 The Inrush of Settlers The Indian Wars The Navigation of the Mississippi Separatist Movements and Spanish Intrigues Kentucky's Struggle for Statehood The War in the Northwest…
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Publish dateDec 20, 2023
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Table of contents
1The Winning of the West (Complete Edition)
25Chapter X. The Holston Settlements to the End of the Revolution, 1781-83
2Preface
26Chapter XI. Robertson Founds the Cumberland Settlement, 1779-1780
3Foreword
27Chapter XII. The Cumberland Settlements to the Close of the Revolution, 1781-1783
4Chapter I. The Spread of the English-Speaking Peoples
28Chapter XIII. What the Westerners Had Done During the Revolution, 1783
5Chapter II. The French of the Ohio Valley, 1763-1775
29Preface
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6Chapter III. The Appalachian Confederacies, 1765-1775
30Chapter I. The Inrush of Settlers, 1784-1787
7Chapter IV. The Algonquins of the Northwest, 1769-1774
31Chapter II. The Indian Wars, 1784-1787
8Chapter V. The Backwoodsmen of the Alleghanies. 1769-1774
32Chapter III. The Navigation of the Mississippi; Separatist Movements and Spanish Intrigues, 1784-1788
9Chapter VI. Boon and the Long Hunters; And Their Hunting in No-Man's-Land, 1769-1774
33Chapter IV. The State of Franklin, 1784-1788
10Chapter VII. Sevier, Robertson, and the Watauga Commonwealth, 1769-1774
34Chapter V. Kentucky's Struggle for Statehood. 1784-1790
11Chapter VIII. Lord Dunmore's War, 1774
35Chapter VI. The Northwest Territory; Ohio. 1787-1790
12Chapter IX. The Battle of the Great Kanawha; And Logan's Speech, 1774
36Chapter VII. The War in the Northwest. 1787-1790
13Chapter X. Boon and the Settlement of Kentucky, 1775
37Chapter VIII. The Southwest Territory, 1788-1790
14Chapter XI. In the Current of the Revolution—the Southern Backwoodsmen Overwhelm the Cherokees, 1776
38Preface
15Chapter XII. Growth and Civil Organization of Kentucky, 1776
39Chapter I. St. Clair's Defeat, 1791
16Chapter I. The War in the Northwest, 1777-1778
40Chapter II. Mad Anthony Wayne; And the Fight of the Fallen Timbers, 1792-1795
17Chapter II. Clark's Conquest of the Illinois, 1778
41Chapter III. Tennessee Becomes a State, 1791-1796
18Chapter III. Clark's Campaign Against Vincennes, 1779
42Chapter IV. Intrigues and Land Speculations—The Treaties of Jay and Pinckney, 1793-1797
19Chapter IV. Continuance of the Struggle in Kentucky and the Northwest, 1779-1781
43Chapter V. The Men of the Western Waters, 1798-1802
20Chapter V. The Moravian Massacre, 1779-1782
44Chapter VI. The Purchase of Louisiana; And Burr's Conspiracy, 1803-1807
21Chapter VI. The Administration of the Conquered French Settlements, 1779-1783
45Chapter VII. The Explorers of the Far West, 1804-1807 (pt. 1)
22Chapter VII. Kentucky Until the End of the Revolution, 1782-1783
46Chapter VII. The Explorers of the Far West, 1804-1807 (pt. 2)
23Chapter VIII. The Holston Settlements, 1777-1779
47Chapter VII. The Explorers of the Far West, 1804-1807 (pt. 3)
24Chapter IX. King's Mountain, 1780
48Chapter VII. The Explorers of the Far West, 1804-1807 (pt. 4)