{"product_id":"the-winning-of-the-west-volume-4-louisiana-and-the-northwest-1791-1807-paperback","title":"The Winning of the West, Volume 4: Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheodore Roosevelt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames P. Ronda\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter political defeats and the loss of half his capital in a ranching venture in North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt began writing his ambitious history of the conquest of the American West in 1888. He projected a sweeping drama, well documented and filled with Americans fighting Indian confederacies north and south while dealing with the machinations of the British, French, and Spanish and their sympathizers. Roosevelt wanted to show how backwoodsmen such as Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton, followed by hardy pioneer settlers, gave the United States eventual claim to land west of the Alleghanies. Heroism and treachery among both the whites and the Indians can be seen in his rapidly shifting story of a people on the move. By force and by treaty the new nation was established in the East, and when the explorers and settlers pushed against the Mississippi, everything west of the river was considered part of that nation. This final volume spans the period that saw Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio become states; Louisiana, Indiana, and Mississippi, territories. The successful campaigns of General Anthony Wayne and others intimidated the Indians into the first peace the border had known in fifty years. The treaties of John Jay and Thomas Pinckney firmed American boundaries and stopped the intrigues of the British and Spanish. As in the other volumes, Roosevelt ties many-sided events into an exciting narrative. He describes in detail the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific following the Louisiana Purchase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing this volume is James P. Ronda, the author of \u003ci\u003eLewis and Clark among the Indians\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAstoria and Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, also Bison Books. He holds the H.G. Barnard Chair in Western History at the University of Tulsa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 363\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.56 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131271188615,"sku":"9780803289574","price":30.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/47cb15e54c8df003b6a3a397f0695475.webp?v=1732617673","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-winning-of-the-west-volume-4-louisiana-and-the-northwest-1791-1807-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}