The Rough RidersDigital Antiquaria, 2004 - 127 páginas Based on a pocket diary from the Spanish-American War, this tough-as-nails 1899 memoir abounds in patriotic valor and launched the future President into the American consciousness. |
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... told them that they were entirely at liberty not to go , but that after they had once signed there could then be no backing out . Not a man of them backed out ; not one of them failed to do his whole duty . These men formed but a small ...
... told them that they were entirely at liberty not to go , but that after they had once signed there could then be no backing out . Not a man of them backed out ; not one of them failed to do his whole duty . These men formed but a small ...
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... told of many a hardship endured , and many a danger silently faced with grim , unconscious philosophy . Some were originally from the East , and had seen strange adventures in different kinds of life , from sailing round the Horn to ...
... told of many a hardship endured , and many a danger silently faced with grim , unconscious philosophy . Some were originally from the East , and had seen strange adventures in different kinds of life , from sailing round the Horn to ...
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... had no thought of other than a kindly and respectful regard for their welfare , and was glad to modify his you Theodore Roosevelt form of address on being told that it. RRTR001A Chapter I ~ ~ - 15 ~ The Rough Riders Page #15.
... had no thought of other than a kindly and respectful regard for their welfare , and was glad to modify his you Theodore Roosevelt form of address on being told that it. RRTR001A Chapter I ~ ~ - 15 ~ The Rough Riders Page #15.
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Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt form of address on being told that it was not what could be described as conven- tionally military . When one of our sentinels , who had with much labor learned the manual of arms , saluted with ...
Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt form of address on being told that it was not what could be described as conven- tionally military . When one of our sentinels , who had with much labor learned the manual of arms , saluted with ...
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... told ; Colonel Wood commanding the first three , and I the last four . The journey by rail from San Antonio to Tampa took just four days , and I doubt if anybody who was on the trip will soon forget it . To occupy my few spare moments ...
... told ; Colonel Wood commanding the first three , and I the last four . The journey by rail from San Antonio to Tampa took just four days , and I doubt if anybody who was on the trip will soon forget it . To occupy my few spare moments ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 27 - when we suddenly received orders that the expedition was to start from Port Tampa, nine miles distant by rail, at daybreak the following morning; and that if we were not aboard our transport by that time we could not go. We had no intention of getting left, and prepared at once for the
Página 23 - Roarer"; while another, who in point of language and deportment was his exact antithesis, was christened "Prayerful James." While the officers and men were learning their duties, and learning to know one another, Colonel Wood was straining every nerve to get our
Página 36 - First and Tenth Cavalry and some of the infantry regiments having already marched. Colonel Wood himself rode in advance, while I led my squadron, and Major Brodie followed with his. It was a hard march, the hilly jungle trail being so narrow that often we had to go in single
Página 47 - General Chaffee, rather glum at not having been in the fight himself, rode up at the head of some of his infantry, and I marched my squadron back to where the rest of the regiment was going into camp, just where the two trails came together, and beyond - that is, on the Santiago side
Página 73 - this would mean about 10,000 Spaniards present on the 1st; in which case Kent and Wheeler were opposed by at least equal numbers. In dealing with the Spanish losses, Lieutenant Tejeiro contradicts himself. He puts their total loss on this day at 593, including 94 killed, 121 missing, and 2
Página 27 - score, with military attaches of foreign powers, and with onlookers of all sorts; but we spent very little time there. We worked with the utmost industry, special attention being given by each troop-commander to skirmish-drill in the woods. Once or twice we had mounted drill of the regiment as a whole. The military attaches came out to look
Página 57 - regular officers the direction from which the Spanish fire was coming. As he turned on his heel a bullet struck him in the mouth and came out at the back of his head; so that even before he fell his wild and gallant soul had gone out into the darkness.
Página 11 - the ranks to the superior who cares for his men and leads them fearlessly in battle. All - Easterners and Westerners, Northerners and Southerners, officers and men, cowboys and college graduates, wherever they came from, and whatever their social