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The Winning of the West, Volume 1
Theodore Roosevelt
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His father was a Scotch trader, Lachlan McGillivray by name, who came when a boy to Charleston, then the head-quarters of the commerce carried on by the British with the southern Indians. On visiting the traders' quarter of the town, the young Scot was strongly attracted by the sight of the weather-beaten packers, with their gaudy, half-Indian finery, their hundreds of pack-horses, their curious pack-saddles, and their bales of merchandise. Taking service with them, he was soon helping to drive a pack-train along one of the narrow trails that crossed the lonely pine wilderness. To strong. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
A most interesting story, for it not history in any sense. Largely conjecture on Roosevelt's part and with a very strong bias. It covers the moving west from the eastern coast over the mountain range into territory which today is Kentucky and a bit of Tennessee. You get a real sense of the stuggles
A good history of the West which does not take the part of the American Indians. Too many histories have a bias towards them, and it is good to read one which sides with the American pioneers. This book highlights another important facet about the American Revolutionary War: the British wanted to re
Quite a lot of history is packed into Roosevelt's Winning of the West series. It is of course a white man's historical interpretation of Native Americans and their history regarding interactions with the United States, but TR includes quite a bit of history about the tribes, what lands they occupied
It was fascinating to read the detail and impressions of my favorite President on such a wide subject.
Already impressed with the frenetic pace of his life, I am amazed at a mind which could collect, process and put down so much information while doing all of the other things he had done to this poi
I found that this book was quite interesting and educational. I have read some of the comments and I won't pretend that I can vouch for it being completely accurate but the author did give a complete accounting on his sources. It may contain what his opinion is for the most part but I enjoyed this r
TR was a man of his time, and his views on the white conquest of native lands reflects his age. So, while "The Winning of the West" cannot be called a balanced history, it stands as a remarkably-written paean to the American West of Roosevelt's mind.