This is one of my all-time favorite books - very informative, with hundreds of pictures.

Some of the best photos ever reproduced of existing originals. For an historian, reinactor, or gun builder, this is a "must have" book

"This book is a very, very important work on Seneca history. The Quaker influence changed the lives of the Seneca people; it is still very much felt today. I'm glad Lois Barton has done this." DuWayne "Duce" Bowen, Seneca author, Contemporary Seneca Stories of the Supernatural.

If you like the great outdoors and are going to be in the Buffalo/Niagara region this book is a must. Everyone knows where the big attractions are, this author takes you to those lesser known treasures. These are off the beaten path, quiet locations that show the true beauty of New York State and leave the commercial touch behind. The true nature lover will not miss the concession and gift stands. The only other people you may find are other nature lovers. You'll feel like a true explorer the first time you see the eternal flame burning behind the waterfall and then climb up the root ladder. But use caution! These are off the beaten path and no safety's are around. It is truely at your own risk and you need to be nature savvy.

Roosevelt does quite well to capture the essence of what went on during the period when the colonists began westward. The point made by the editor that it is indeed a wonder that this work was ever created at all is well taken when one considers Roosevelt's involvement with so much else in his life while he produced what, for the time, was a very scholarly opus.

One must be patient with the narrative; it tends to be choppy. One must also be patient with, or at least understanding of, TR's view of the world and especially his notion of upon whom the greater glory of the westward expansion rests.

All in all, it is seemingly a must read (as is the entire series) for anyone having either an interest in the history of this time, or an interest in TR and his works.

Before Roosevelt begins sensationalizing in the second volume, he describes the utter wilderness of the region and characterizes both the individual settlers and Indians who would play decisive roles in the settlement and migration of whites westward, and also gives sweeping portraits of the Indian nations encountered during our westward expansion. The hardships of the settlers due to the ruggedness of their new mountain home, their self-reliance, the cold winters, the need to fell forest for pasture and tillage, the daily peril of Indian attacks, and the distant relations with their origins to the east complete this wonderfully written and diversified study of early American frontier life.

Theodore's Roosevelt's "The Winning of The West" volume one is unlike most modern histories. His is a story of the founding of the American Republic West of the Original 13. This volume is of the late Colonial Period. He is unafraid to make very harsh judgements, attacking both the American Indians and the Pioneers, although it is clear who he favours. He does have many prejudices, but, to be honest, most Historians do. President Roosevelt's were just of the less respected, today at least, kind. The whole series is very much worth reading, and is a worthy investment of capital and time. Ryan M.

Contains index for St. Paul's cemetery, Reserve Township and North Side Catholic cemetery, Ross Township (sections H,I,K, and R only).

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.

This book is just a pure hoax, using people's stupidity to make them believe in anything! None of those stories are true (I personally visited and investigated 90% of those places and I haven't noticed the slightest "paranormal" thing). If you want to waste your money then buy this book.

These could be interesting stories if they were more fleshed out. Most of the stories are only 2-4 pages and simply contain a paranormal story told by one person with no supporting facts, evidence, back-up accounts, etc. Each story reads like a paper done for a high school assignment where the task was to interview a person you know about a paranormal experience and write a short paper.

Ghosts are usually tied in with history,and this book should have been no exception.It mentions nothing however about the haunted battlefields from the French & Indian War that were here before the City of Pittsburgh was built.I'm referring to Braddock's Defeat(right across the Monogahela River from Kennywood Park)and Grant's Defeat(one of Major Grant's Highlanders haunts the 10th floor of Kaufman's Dept.Store where the hill once stood)and Smokey Island(now the North Shore)where the indians once tortured their British prisoners to death by burning them to death at the stake).Most battlefields are haunted(just look at Gettysburg,Pa.).I have no idea why the authors missed out on this.