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The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century Kindle Edition
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The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century.
When America declared war on Spain in 1898, the US Army had just 26,000 men, spread around the country—hardly an army at all. In desperation, the Rough Riders were born. A unique group of volunteers, ranging from Ivy League athletes to Arizona cowboys and led by Theodore Roosevelt, they helped secure victory in Cuba in a series of gripping, bloody fights across the island. Roosevelt called their charge in the Battle of San Juan Hill his “crowded hour”—a turning point in his life, one that led directly to the White House. “The instant I received the order,” wrote Roosevelt, “I sprang on my horse and then my ‘crowded hour’ began.” As The Crowded Hour reveals, it was a turning point for America as well, uniting the country and ushering in a new era of global power.
Both a portrait of these men, few of whom were traditional soldiers, and of the Spanish-American War itself, The Crowded Hour dives deep into the daily lives and struggles of Roosevelt and his regiment. Using diaries, letters, and memoirs, Risen illuminates a disproportionately influential moment in American history: a war of only six months’ time that dramatically altered the United States’ standing in the world. In this brilliant, enlightening narrative, the Rough Riders—and a country on the brink of a new global dominance—are brought fully and gloriously to life.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherScribner
- Publication dateJune 4, 2019
- File size42692 KB
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—The New York Times Book Review
“Risen clears much of the battlefield smoke to reveal the conditions, events and characters that culminated in TR’s supposed charge up San Juan Hill…eminently readable…That TR’s men are famous as much for what they symbolize as for what they did makes them no less fascinating to read about."
—The Wall Street Journal
“Let the author and historian Clay Risen (who also writes eloquently on bourbon and rye), be your guide to a fascinating and sometimes forgotten part of American history—when Theodore Roosevelt led the volunteer cavalry unit called the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War and marked a turning point for the country and for the future president.”
—Garden and Gun, Best New Books for June 2019
"In his new book, The Crowded Hour, Clay Risen makes a strong case for the proposition that the Spanish-American War of 1898 was American foreign policy’s tipping point for what followed in the 20th and early 21st centuries, with Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders as the change agents ... For those who enjoy stories of bona-fide patriotism, valor, and sacrifice, The Crowded Hour fits the bill."
—Washington Independent Review of Books
“A lively exploration of how ‘intervene first, ask questions later’ became America's foreign policy…Drawing on letters, archival sources, and abundant newspaper articles—many from on-site journalists including Richard Harding Davis, Stephen Crane, and Frank Norris—Risen, deputy op-ed editor at the New York Times, offers a penetrating history of the ‘half-baked, poorly executed, unnecessary conflict from which the U.S., nevertheless, emerged victorious… A revelatory history of America's grasp for power.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred
“Risen’s lively and extensively researched social history illuminates a transformative moment in America’s past.”
—Publishers Weekly
"Clay Risen has given us an illuminating and elegant account of how Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders in many ways founded what would become, in Henry Luce's phrase, the American Century. Restless and brave, flawed and noble, TR and his compatriots embodied an emerging global nation—for better and for worse. It was indeed a crowded hour, not only for Roosevelt but for America."
—Jon Meacham, author of The Soul of America
“Scrupulously researched and dramatically narrated, The Crowded Hour showcases Theodore Roosevelt in all of his Rough Rider glory. Clay Risen, a marvelous historian, brings the Spanish American War and the Gilded Age back to life in these vibrant pages. All of TR’s undaunted hubris, bedrock patriotism, derring-do, and political genius are captured in this fast-paced war epic.”
—Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University and author of The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
“Here, in cinematic fashion, Clay Risen captures the nearly inexhaustible energy and irrepressible charisma of Teddy Roosevelt at the moment of his meteoric rise into the national consciousness. Through careful sifting and resourceful reporting that runs both broad and deep, The Crowded Hour brings fresh insight and a modern sensibility to this classic episode of American history.”
—Hampton Sides, author of Blood and Thunder and On Desperate Ground
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- ASIN : B07MKDJP4Y
- Publisher : Scribner; Reprint edition (June 4, 2019)
- Publication date : June 4, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 42692 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 369 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #82,015 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #43 in Biographies of World War II
- #52 in Biographies of US Presidents
- #134 in Military & Spies Biographies
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About the author
Clay Risen is the deputy op-ed editor at The New York Times and the author of several works of American history, including "The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act," which was named a 2014 notable book of the year by The Washington Post, and "A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination." He oversaw two award-winning history series for The New York Times, Vietnam '67 and Disunion, and he was a co-editor of "The New York Times' Disunion: Modern Historians Revisit and Reconsider the Civil War from Lincoln's Election to the Emancipation Proclamation."
Risen is also one of America's leading whiskey experts; he the author of "Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland" and "American Whiskey, Bourbon and Rye: A Guide to the Nation's Favorite Spirit," which has sold over 100,000 copies across two editions. He has written extensively about whiskey and the liquor industry for The New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Fortune, Garden & Gun and other national publications.
Risen previously worked as an assistant editor at The New Republic and the managing editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.
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I chose this book largely based on the title. I knew nothing about the author, but I recognized the title. The title is what Theodore Roosevelt called a battle in Cuba. I incorrectly figured if the title of the book was a quote, it must be better than a book titled something else. Again, I was naive. I would say this book was more about the Spanish American War than about Theodore Roosevelt.
The author wrote about Roosevelt and his contributions to the development and training of his volunteer cavalry, Roosevelts personal feelings on the war and his accomplishments during the war. However, most of the book is about the American culture and economy leading up to the war, spotlighting several individuals involved in the Rough Riders, the American sentiment towards the Rough Riders and the accomplishments of the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War. The author also occasionally injects their own opinion into the narrative.(sorry. I do not have specific examples and rereading the book to cite them would be physically and emotionally painful for me ( I liked the book that little)) It is my understanding that a biography should be an objective, impartial and factually informative only. Otherwise, the author does use and cites references throughout the book.
A great deal of my disappointment in this biography is how much time is spent on details that are not directly about Roosevelt. If the focus had been more on Roosevelt and without opinion, I’d have rated it better
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The book itself is bound nicely, has an interesting dust jacket and the pages are a nice paper that turn easily and doesn’t stick