Theodore Roosevelt 
The Rough Riders (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.


 



Based on the future President’s diary from the Spanish-American War, this bestselling 1899 memoir abounds in scenes of patriotic valor and pointed observations on Mc Kinley’s War Department. Colonel Roosevelt presents a spirited chronicle of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry’s bloody battles in Cuba against deeply entrenched Spanish forces.

About the author

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, and became the twenty-sixth president of the United States. He was a naturalist, writer, historian, and soldier. He died in 1919.