The Winning of the West Volume 4 of 4 Theodore Roosevelt's epic history describes the conquest of the American West in 1888. This book is as dramatic as it is well documented. Tales include Americans battling Indian confederacies while dealing with the British, French, and Spanish and their sympathizers. Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, and many pioneer settlers won the United States the claim to land west of the Alleghenies through heroism and high spirits.