The Winning of the West Vol. I (in four volumes): From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi 1769-1776

During the past three centuries the spread of the English-speaking peoples over the worlds waste spaces has been not only the most striking feature in the worlds history but also the event of all others most far-reaching in its effects and its importance. --Theodore Roosevelt The Winning of the West Vol. IThe Winning of the West Vol. I--From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi 1769-1776 (1889) is the first part of Theodore Roosevelts four-volume exciting saga about the settling of the American West. Many considered this Roosevelts most important book.Volume I describes the first settlers from the East moving to the land between the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers. It describes specifically the adventures of frontiersmen Daniel Boone and John Sevier.