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Roughest Riders

September 21, 2015

Behind the Scenes: Jerome Tuccille, author of The Roughest Riders »

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TuccilleIt’s probably the most enduring image of the Spanish-American war, made famous by Frederic Remington’s painting Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill: Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback, leading the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry regiment in a ragged run up a gentle slope, straight into the o…

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