The Winning of the West Vol. IV (in four volumes): Louisiana and the Northwest 1791-1807

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. IV--Louisiana and the Northwest 1791-1807 (1889) is the last part of Theodore Roosevelts four-volume exciting saga about the settling of the American West. Many considered this Roosevelts most important book.Volume IV focuses on the Indian Wars of 1784-1787 on statehood for Kentucky Tennessee and Ohio and on the peace treaties with Spain and the United Kingdom.