The Rough Riders
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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. Booknews An expanded, illustrated edition of Theodore Roosevelt's 1899 memoir of the Spanish-American War, with a biographical sketch of Roosevelt, sidebars exploring aspects of the Rough Riders' legend and the war, and some 175 b&w and color illustrations including photos, paintings, cartoons, and songsheets. An epilogue tells how Roosevelt's popularity as a result of the war won him the White House, and summarizes subsequent achievements and disappointments in his personal and professional life. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Introduction to the Modern Library War SeriesIntroduction by Edmund MorrisList of IllustrationsIRaising the Regiment3IITo Cuba25IIIGeneral Young's Fight at Las Guasimas45IVThe Cavalry at Santiago69VIn the Trenches97VIThe Return Home121App. AMuster-Out Roll145App. BColonel Roosevelt's Report to the Secretary of War of September 10th191App. CThe "Round Robin" Letter199App. DCorrections203Index217
