Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt, Biography & Autobiography - Historical

ISBN-13: 9781598181937 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 180 str.

IV Theodore Roosevelt

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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 assistant secretary of the United States Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, a man who had pushed for American involvement in Cuban independence. When Colonel Wood became commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, the Rough Riders then became -Roosevelt's Rough Riders.- The Rough Riders is Roosevelt's account of his adventures in the Spanish-American War and it was a bestseller immediately when it was published in 1899.