Stories of the West . NEW YORKTHE CENTURY CO. 1914 THE NEW YORKPUB-LIC LIBRAHY ^47780A TILDL Copyright, 1888, 1895, 1909, byThe Cextury Co. Copyright, 1896, by G. P. Putnams Sons Published JunSt 1909 o p PUBLISHERS NOTE As a youth Theodore Roosevelt was an enthusiastic studentof Western history and pioneer types. Later, as ranchmanand hunter, he grew to know intimately and to love deeplythe rough, free life of the Western plains. Mr. Rooseveltsinterest in history probably was inherited, but his fondnessfor outdoor life grew out of his grateful love for his fostermother—the green earth—who took
Stories of the West . NEW YORKTHE CENTURY CO. 1914 THE NEW YORKPUB-LIC LIBRAHY ^47780A TILDL Copyright, 1888, 1895, 1909, byThe Cextury Co. Copyright, 1896, by G. P. Putnams Sons Published JunSt 1909 o p PUBLISHERS NOTE As a youth Theodore Roosevelt was an enthusiastic studentof Western history and pioneer types. Later, as ranchmanand hunter, he grew to know intimately and to love deeplythe rough, free life of the Western plains. Mr. Rooseveltsinterest in history probably was inherited, but his fondnessfor outdoor life grew out of his grateful love for his fostermother—the green earth—who took the delicate youth inher rough, but kindly, embrace and gave him a sound bodyand a clear vision. It was during the quiet evenings, and the otherwise idlehours, spent at Elkhorn, his Dakota ranch, that TheodoreRoosevelt penned most of the fascinating pictures of frontierand ranch life that make up this present volume. The Backwoodsmen of the Alleghanies and Lewisand Clark and the Exploration of the Far West are fr
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