Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth president of the United States. His manuscript draft of Volume 1 of The Winning of the West was written after his return to New York following two years ranching in the Dakotas. It comprises approximately 300 leaves, with some missing pages. The manuscript begins part way through chapter one and includes annotations and additional textual insertions. The preface is also present, as are several original and copied letters which were published as appendices to chapters of the published volume.
