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The Boys of '98: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
The Boys of '98 Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders Author:Dale L. Walker Historian and Spur-award winning author Dale Walker tells the complete, colorful story of America's most memorable fighting force, the volunteer cavalry known as the Rough Riders. From its members--a peculiar mix of Western frontiersmen and idealistic young Easterners, and their slapdash training in Texas and Florida, to its battles at Las Guasi... more »mas and San Juan Hill under the command of Theodore Roosevelt, who kept riding, some say, into the White House. Dale Walker's spirited account of the regiment includes the story of why the US went to war over Cuba, and how victory in the Santiago Campaign was achieved against all odds. Interviews with the last three Rough Riders (the last of whom died in 1975) help to make this the definitive account of this entertaining chapter in American history.« less