Rough Riders, audio

Book by Roosevelt, Theodore

The Rough Riders is a firsthand account of the Spanish American War as witnessed by Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt, who was Assistant Secretary of the Navy when the war broke out, promptly resigned and became Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. He collected cowboys, explorers, backwoodsmen, and miners to fight the Spanish on Cuban soil. Roosevelt tells of the group's adventures and defeats and of the excitement of being involved in a war across the sea. John Randolph Jones narrates this account in a quiet manner and employs a minimum of characterization. Nonetheless, action abounds, and the narrative is undiminished by Jones's reading style. Recommended for history, military, and biography collections.
Miriam Kahn, Columbus, Ohio
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Lt. Colonel "Teddy" Roosevelt looks at the part played in the Spanish-American War by the First Volunteer Cavalry. John Randolf-Jones has an excellent voice for this narration--a deep baritone, gruff yet distinctive. The flow of the work is maintained while each of the characters is given life by a slight change in the pitch of the narrator's voice. The narrator gives the author's journal a life and vitality it lacks as a written work. S.J.L. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine