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The most famous of all the units fighting in Cuba, the "Rough Riders" was the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. After winning the war, the onset of yellow fever, malaria, and other incapacitating diseases made it imperative... Read Full Overview

With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as assistant secretary of the navy to recruit the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. The legendary Rough Riders -- an unlikely combination of cowboys, frontiersmen, Native Americans, African-Americans,... Read Full Overview

The most famous of all the units fighting in Cuba, the "Rough Riders" was the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. After winning the war, the onset of yellow fever, malaria, and other incapacitating diseases made it imperative... Read Full Overview

In The Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt recounts the formation and campaign of the volunteer cavalry regiment he led during the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Written shortly after the war, Roosevelt's narrative offers a vivid first-hand account of the... Read Full Overview

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.""It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.""Believe you can and you're halfway there." "The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.""Keep your eyes on the stars, and your... Read Full Overview

AN HISTORICAL CLASSIC
The Rough Riders is a history of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, nicknamed "The Rough Riders", during the Spanish-American War.
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Includes Illustrations of Roosevelt and His Life

The regiment was also called "Wood's Weary Walkers" in honor of its first commander, Colonel Leonard Wood. This nickname served to acknowledge that despite being a cavalry unit they ended up fighting on foot as infantry. Wood's second in command was former... Read Full Overview

In The Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt recounts the formation and campaign of the volunteer cavalry regiment he led during the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Written shortly after the war, Roosevelt's narrative offers a vivid first-hand account of the... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as assistant secretary of the navy to... Read Full Overview

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's account of the "Rough Riders", the volunteer cavalry unit that fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The military campaign that made Teddy Roosevelt President. With ten pages of photos.

Upon the 1898 Declaration of War launching the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt resigned from the Navy Department. With the aid of U.S. Army Colonel Leonard Wood, Roosevelt found volunteers from cowboys from the Western territories to Ivy League friends from New York, forming... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview