{"product_id":"book-h9o0","title":"The Winning of the West, Vol. 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Dusty Tomes Audio Book\u003cbr\u003eIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Winning of the West\u003c\/em\u003e by Theodore Roosevelt. A Major US History Series in four volumes. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889.\u003cbr\u003eVolume One-From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by Joseph Tabler\u003cbr\u003eNote-This book is \"read as written.\"  It was published in 1889. It is in the public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all know of Theodore Roosevelt being the US president from 1901 to 1909, an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, and naturalist. But few know of him being an acclaimed historian. Roosevelt's\u003cem\u003e The Winning of the West\u003c\/em\u003e quickly became a bestseller. The first edition of his book sold out in little more than a month and helped establish Roosevelt as a literary man and scholar, placing him on a path toward future greatness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. THE SPREAD OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II. THE FRENCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY, 1763-1775.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III. THE APPALACHIAN CONFEDERACIES, 1765-1775.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV. THE ALGONQUINS OF THE NORTHWEST, 1769-1774.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V. THE BACKWOODSMEN OF THE ALLEGHANIES, 1769-1774.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI. BOON AND THE LONG HUNTERS; AND THEIR HUNTING IN NO-MAN'S-LAND, 1769-1774.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII. SEVIER, ROBERTSON, AND THE WATAUGA COMMONWEALTH, 1769-1774.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII. LORD DUNMORE'S WAR, 1774.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF THE GREAT KANAWHA; AND LOGAN'S SPEECH, 1774.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X. BOON AND THE SETTLEMENT OF KENTUCKY, 1775.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI. IN THE CURRENT OF THE REVOLUTION-THE SOUTHERN BACKWOODSMEN OVERWHELM THE CHEROKEES, 1776.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII. GROWTH AND CIVIL ORGANIZATION OF KENTUCKY, 1776.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time. Available as never before, as audio books, for your edification, pleasure, and consideration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spoken Realms","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49355534139696,"sku":"BDh9o0","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49355534172464,"sku":"ZEh9o0","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49355534205232,"sku":"ZMh9o0","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/h9o0-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775993907","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-h9o0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}