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THE ROUGH RIDERS; (Colonel of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry)
by Roosevelt, Theodore
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt insignia, a facsimile of the bronze medal struck for each member of the Rough Riders to front board, and gilt lettering there, and to spine. Moderate shelfwear with a few minor scratches, and a bit of peeling cloth at top of spine, and a lightened band along top of front board, where this portion must have been exposed to sunlight while the rest of the book was protected in the shelf. One or two edge and corner bumps - overall very clean. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Frontis photogravure by Rockwood of Theodore Roosevelt.
Four appendices: A) Muster-Out Roll; B) Colonel Roosevelt's Report to the Secretary of
War of September 10th; C) The 'Round Robin' Letter; D) CorrectionsOverall a clean, tightly bound copy of an important period in Theodore Roosevelt's career.
Four appendices: A) Muster-Out Roll; B) Colonel Roosevelt's Report to the Secretary of
War of September 10th; C) The 'Round Robin' Letter; D) CorrectionsOverall a clean, tightly bound copy of an important period in Theodore Roosevelt's career.
Synopsis
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 four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than the Spanish. Roosevelt kept a detailed diary from the time he left Washington until his triumphant return from Cuba later that year. The Rough Riders was published to instant acclaim in 1899.Robust in its style and mesmerizing in its account of battle, it is exhilarating, illuminating, and utterly essential reading for every armchair historian and at-home general. The books in the Modern Library War series have been chosen by series editor Caleb Carr according to the significance of their subject matter, their contribution to the field of military history, and their literary merit.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86955
- Title
- THE ROUGH RIDERS; (Colonel of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry)
- Author
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- U.S. Presidents, U.S. Military History, Cuba Fight at Guasimas, Calvary iat Santiago.
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
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- Tail
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- Facsimile
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Bumps
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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