The crowded hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the dawn of the American century [First Scribner hardcover edition] 9781501143991, 9781501144011, 1501143999

Introduction: New York City, 1899 -- 1. "The puerility of his simplifications" -- 2. "One does not make w

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The crowded hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the dawn of the American century [First Scribner hardcover edition]
 9781501143991, 9781501144011, 1501143999

Table of contents :
Introduction: New York City, 1899 --
1. "The puerility of his simplifications" --
2. "One does not make war with bonbons" --
3. "A burst of thunder" --
4. "The days of '61 have indeed come again" --
5. "This untailor-made roughness --
6. "A perfect welter of confusion" --
7. "Who would not risk his life for a star?" --
8. "No country on the Earth more beautiful" --
9. "We're liable to all be killed today" --
10. "The monotony of continuous bacon" --
11. "An amphitheatre for the battle" --
12. "Humpty-Dumpty on the wall" --
13. "They look just like other men" --
14. "The strenuous life".

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