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050 4 _aE151
100 1 _aRoosevelt, Theodore,
_d1858-1919
245 1 4 _aThe Winning of the West, Volume 2 :
_bFrom the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-04-01
508 _aProduced by Mark Hamann, Terry Gilliland and PG Distributed Proofreaders
520 _a"The Winning of the West, Volume 2" by Theodore Roosevelt is a historical account likely written in the late 19th century. This volume focuses on the events from the Alleghanies to the Mississippi during the period of 1777-1783, detailing the struggles for territory and the conflict between American settlers and Native American tribes during the American Revolutionary War. The opening of the book sets the stage for a conflict that is both military and cultural, highlighting the complexity of relationships among various tribes and the British forces. Specifically, it discusses the strategic maneuvers orchestrated by British Lieutenant-Governor Henry Hamilton in Detroit, who sought to unify various northwestern tribes against American settlers. Roosevelt vividly portrays the mounting tensions, the preparation for war among tribes, and the brutal realities faced by settlers on the frontier, detailing incidents of ambushes and retaliatory strikes. Through this narrative, the text illustrates the fierce competition for land and power that shaped early American history in the West. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aNorthwest, Old -- History
653 _aWest (U.S.) -- History
653 _aUnited States -- Territorial expansion
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11942
999 _c53362
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