The Winning of the West: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783
The Winning of the West: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783

Author: Theodore Roosevelt

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-08-12

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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Theodore Roosevelt's 'The Winning of the West: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783' is a meticulously researched historical account that delves into the early European colonization of America. Written in a vivid and engaging style, the book vividly portrays the hardships, conflicts, and triumphs of the pioneers who ventured into the untamed wilderness of the West during the late 18th century. Roosevelt's work is not only a scholarly examination of historical events, but also a tribute to the courage and perseverance of those who shaped the American frontier. With meticulous attention to detail and a comprehensive analysis of the historical context, 'The Winning of the West' offers readers a captivating glimpse into a pivotal period in American history. Teddy Roosevelt, a renowned historian and statesman, drew upon his deep knowledge of American history and his own experiences in the West to write this seminal work. His passion for preserving the natural environment and promoting American expansionism is reflected in the pages of this book. Roosevelt's unique perspective as a former President gives readers insight into the values and ideologies that shaped the American frontier. For readers interested in American history, frontier exploration, and the pioneering spirit that defined the nation, 'The Winning of the West' is a must-read. Roosevelt's authoritative voice, compelling narrative, and detailed analysis make this book a valuable addition to any history enthusiast's collection.

American Western
American Western

Author: Stephen McVeigh

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2007-02-14

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0748629440

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This wide-ranging book illuminates the importance of the Western in American history. It explores the interconnections between the Western in both literature and film and the United States in the 20th century.Structured chronologically, the book traces the evolution of the Western as a uniquely American form. The author argues that America's frontier past was quickly transformed into a set of symbols and myths, an American meta-narrative that came to underpin much of the 'American century'. He details how and why this process occurred, the form and function of Western myths and symbols, the evolution of this mythology, and its subversions and reconstructions throughout 20th-century American history.The book engages with the full range of historical, literary and cinematic perspectives and texts, from the founding Western histories of Theodore Roosevelt and Frederick Jackson Turner to the New Western history of Patricia Nelson Limerick and Richard White.

The Conservative Aesthetic
The Conservative Aesthetic

Author: Stephen J. Mexal

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-05-20

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1793632626

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The Conservative Aesthetic: Theodore Roosevelt, Popular Darwinism, and the American Literary West offers an alternative origin story for American conservatism, tracing it to a circle of writers, artists, and thinkers in the late nineteenth century who yoked popular understandings of Darwin to western literary aesthetics. That circle included writer Owen Wister, artist Frederic Remington, entertainer William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, historian Frederick Jackson Turner, and a young Theodore Roosevelt. The book explores how their lives and their writing intertwined with their conservative sensibilities. For them, going west was akin to time travel, a retrogression into an earlier and hardier age. It was through those retrogressions into the American state of nature, they imagined, that society could discover its finest and fittest citizens. Such a society would be the modern realization of Thomas Jefferson’s century-old dream of a “natural aristocracy.” Theirs was a new conservatism, rooted not in a history of European monarchy but rather in stories about American individualism and the frontier west, updated for the age of Darwin.