Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill
eBook - 2016
THE AWARD-WINNING, NEW DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND THE ROUGH RIDERS"Thrilling. ... A CLASSIC." —True WestWINNER: Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award; New Mexico-Arizona Book Award; and Colorado Book AwardThe now-legendary Rough Riders were a volunteer regiment recruited in 1898 to help drive the Spaniards out of Cuba. Drawn from America's southwestern territories and led by the irrepressible Theodore Roosevelt, these men included not only cowboys and other Westerners, but also several Ivy Leaguers and clubmen, many of them friends of "TR." Roosevelt and his men quickly came to symbolize American ruggedness, daring, and individualism. He led them to victory in the famed Battle of Sa...n Juan Hill, which made TR a national hero and cemented the Rough Riders' iconic place in history.Now Mark Lee Gardner synthesizes previously unknown primary accounts—private...
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HarperCollins
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- English
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- Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
| Adobe EPUB eBook | |
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| File Size | 6 GB |
| ISBN | 9780062312105 |
| Release Date | 5/10/2016 |
| Kindle Book | |
| ASIN | B014DTHGAU |
| Release Date | 5/10/2016 |
| OverDrive Read eBook | |
| File Size | 6 GB |
| ISBN | 9780062312105 |
| Release Date | 5/10/2016 |
