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5 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wearisome after a time,
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This review is from: The Winning of the West, Volume 2: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 (Paperback)
After setting the stage in volume I, Roosevelt falls into a hero worship of the famous names of the frontier and a larger than life portrait of the average, rifle-slinging frontiersman and backwoodsman (words Roosevelt equates with superheroes). While it would be improper to say that Roosevelt strictly confined his second volume to the little details, every page seems to resound with the latest Indian skirmish, a gruesome tomahawking, a white foray or retaliation, and the daily peril of Indian attacks. The American Revolution finds frequent appearance as the guiding backdrop to this volume, with the result being the repeated treatments of the British encouraging the Indians (through payments and promises) to set upon the American settlers. Overall a more specific volume than the first, I left the book thinking the whole nothing but an endless series of Indian battles.
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The Winning of the West, Volume 2: From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 by Theodore Roosevelt (Paperback - May 28, 1995)
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