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Title: The Rough Riders (Da Capo Paperback) by Theodore Roosevelt, Elting E. Morison ISBN: 0306804050 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8
Rating: 3
Summary: Beware the Captions
Comment: My comments are based on the 1997 hardback version of this book.
The following may have been corrected in the 2000 paperback.
Richard Bak collected many photographs of the Rough Riders to illustrate Roosevelt's text, and this is good. However, he wasn't very careful with his captions.
For example, the photograph leading off Chapter One "Raising the Regiment" is captioned "Colonel Wood and Roosevelt in Texas. Roosevelt's paunch would disappear in Cuba after he lost twenty pounds in the tropical heat." However, other photographs of Roosevelt at this time do not show a paunchy man. Also, both he and Wood seem younger than the men in this photo.
Later in this chapter, there is a photograph again showing the an identified as Wood, captioned "Colonel Leonard Wood (second from right)..."
In the background of this photograph, there is an automobile (looking closer in style to a Model A than a Model T), and the other three men in the photograph are dressed in Army uniforms from the 1920s.
The conclusion is that these men are NOT Roosevelt and Wood, but the actors who played them in the 1927 silent movie about the Rough Riders that was filmed in San Antonio with the assistance of the US Army's Second Division stationed at Fort Sam Houston.
In the section "The Mystery of the Maine," the photograph identified as the Maine is not the Maine that blew up in Havana Harbor, which only had two smoke stacks. This is probably the later World War I Maine.
So, Roosevelt's text is good. The collection of photographs are good. But verify those captions and the conslusions based upon them.
Rating: 2
Summary: Rough read
Comment: My expectations were high but this is just a poorly written book. About half the narrative is about the characters who joined the Rough Riders. Very little of the book deals with the battles in Cuba and the sections that do make the exploits of the Rough Riders seem grossly over rated. Roosevelt seems to write withh the intent on securing his place in history. And, if that wasn't enough, he includes self-serving appendices that laud his conduct on the battlefield and support his yearning for the medal of honor. I found his writing style tedious and often repetitious--you'll encounter countless references to the smokeless ammunition used by the Spanish. Enough already!
Rating: 5
Summary: Very good book on a very interesting Regiment...
Comment: The 1st USV (the Rough Riders) has to be one of the most interesting units in US military history. The collection of characters who filled its ranks could spawn dozens of other titles. This book is WELL written by Teddy Roosevelt, one of our most colorful persidents, is a frank and great account of the life of this unit. I found it quite enjoyable, and didn't feel that the book was TR blowing his own horn, he cared very much for his men and this shows through in this book. A must for any history buff.
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Title: The Boys of '98: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders by Dale L. Walker ISBN: 0312868472 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title:Rough Riders ASIN: 6304864043 Publisher: Turner Home Video Pub. Date: 29 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.94 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.74 |
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Title: The Naval War of 1812 (Modern Library War) by Theodore Roosevelt, Caleb Carr, John Allen Gable ISBN: 0375754199 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Winning of the West: From the Alleghenies to the Mississippi 1769-1776: With Map by Theodore Roosevelt, John Milton Cooper ISBN: 0803289545 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: 2003 List Price(USD): $28.50 |
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Title: Hunting Trips of a Ranchman & The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt, Stephen E. Ambrose ISBN: 0375751521 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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