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The crowded hour Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the dawn of the American century

"The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century"--

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Main Author:	Risen, Clay (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Scribner, 2019.
Edition:	First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919 > Military leadership. Spanish-American War, 1898 > Campaigns > Cuba. Spanish-American War, 1898 > Regimental histories > United States. San Juan Hill, Battle of, Cuba, 1898. Spanish-American War, 1898 > Influence. United States > Foreign relations > 1897-1901. Imperialism > History. United States > Military policy.
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Summary:	"The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century"-- When America declared war on Spain in 1898, the US Army had just 26,000 men. In desperation, the Rough Riders were born. A unique group of volunteers, ranging from Ivy League athletes to Arizona cowboys and led by Theodore Roosevelt, they helped secure victory in Cuba in a series of gripping, bloody fights across the island. Risen dives deep into the daily lives and struggles of Roosevelt and his regiment, using diaries, letters, and memoir to illuminate a war of only six months' time that dramatically altered the United States' standing in the world. -- adapted from jacket
Physical Description:	x, 355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index.
ISBN:	9781501143991 1501143999
Author Notes:	Clay Risen, a reporter and editor at The New York Times , is the author of Red Scare , named a best book of the year by The New Yorker , the Chicago Tribune , and The Boston Globe , and The Crowded Hour a New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Gilder-Lehrman Prize in Military History. A member of the Society of American Historians and a fellow at the New York Institute of Humanities, he is also the author of two other acclaimed books on American history, A Nation on Fire and The Bill of the Century . He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two young children.