Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) The Rough Riders. Owned by a Fellow Rough Rider. New York: Charles

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

The Rough Riders. Owned by a Fellow Rough Rider.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899.

First edition, octavo; inked ownership inscription of W.H. Mitchell, a member of Troop K in the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment to front free endpaper; illustrated throughout with numerous black-and-white photograph plates; bound in gilt-stamped brown publisher's cloth, top edge gilt with the others uncut (foxing to frontispiece verso, a couple marginal stains to other plates; pp. 69-70 lacking and supplied in facsimile, closed tear to pp. 63-64, staining, scattered offsetting; recased, cloth lightly faded, stained, spine ends reinforced, corners bumped); 8 3/8 x 5 ¼ in.

Roosevelt's memoir of his experiences with the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, aka the Rough Riders, during the Spanish-American War documents important events including the Battle of San Juan Heights. His accomplishments leading the regiment brought him widespread public recognition and contributed significantly to his election as governor of New York in 1898, ultimately setting him on the path to the presidency.

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