The Rough RidersRandom House Publishing Group, 2000 M11 1 - 262 páginas 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 the Spanish. Roosevelt kept a detailed diary from the time he left Washington until his triumphant return from Cuba later that year. The Rough Riders was published to instant acclaim in 1899. Robust in its style and mesmerizing in its account of battle, it is exhilarating, illuminating, and utterly essential reading for every armchair historian and at-home general. The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit. |
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... American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next ...
... American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next ...
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... American War, Roosevelt helped organize and train the “Rough Riders,” a regiment of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry whose legendary exploits he recorded in The Rough Riders (1899). A popular hero upon returning from Cuba, Roosevelt was ...
... American War, Roosevelt helped organize and train the “Rough Riders,” a regiment of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry whose legendary exploits he recorded in The Rough Riders (1899). A popular hero upon returning from Cuba, Roosevelt was ...
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... American leader to play an important role in world affairs, Roosevelt guided construction of the Panama Canal ... America. With the outbreak of World War I, Roosevelt became an outspoken advocate of United States military preparedness in ...
... American leader to play an important role in world affairs, Roosevelt guided construction of the Panama Canal ... America. With the outbreak of World War I, Roosevelt became an outspoken advocate of United States military preparedness in ...
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... America as the French and Indian War, but is also the work of one of the great American prose stylists of the nineteenth century. Ulysses S. Grant's Personal Memoirs (which owe more than a little to the editorial efforts of one of ...
... America as the French and Indian War, but is also the work of one of the great American prose stylists of the nineteenth century. Ulysses S. Grant's Personal Memoirs (which owe more than a little to the editorial efforts of one of ...
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... American commander in the European theater. To read any or all of these books is to see that military history is neither an obscure nor a peculiar subject, but one critical to any understanding of the development of human civilization ...
... American commander in the European theater. To read any or all of these books is to see that military history is neither an obscure nor a peculiar subject, but one critical to any understanding of the development of human civilization ...
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TO CUBA | |
GENERAL YOUNGS FIGHT AT LAS GUASIMAS | |
THE CAVALRY AT SANTIAGO | |
THE RETURN HOME | |
B COLONEL ROOSEVELTS REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR OF SEPTEMBER | |
About The Author | |
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