The Rough Riders
Harrisonburg, VA: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 2003. 317, illus. (some in color), index. In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than that of other units. Condition: very good.
Keywords: Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard Wood, Las Guidimas, San Juan Hill, Woodbury Kane, Montauk Point, William O'Neill, Spanish-Am War
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