Theodore Roosevelt was nothing if not a renaissance man. In addition to being the 26 th president of the United States, Teddy, as he’s affectionately referred to, was also at varying periods of his ...

The Rough Riders still parade proudly down the palm tree-lined streets of Tampa — armed these days with cuddly Teddy bears instead of Teddy Roosevelt's fearsome cavalry horses. Roosevelt’s legendary ...

Much of the story takes place in Texas. And in the audio above, Risen tells Houston Matters producer Michael Hagerty about the history of the Rough Riders, how they changed American thinking about war ...

In his new book, “The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century” (Scribner, 2019), Clay Risen, deputy op-ed editor for The New York Times, illuminates ...

The story many Americans learn as kids may reveal a lot about America's role in the world. It's a story involving Theodore Roosevelt. Before he was president, he volunteered to fight in a war. He ...

Last week we told you about the Tampa Bay Hotel, later the University of Tampa. In 1898, the hotel was selected as a military headquarters and press center for the Spanish-American War. For a month, ...

How do you like your Teddy Roosevelt — sliced and diced, or the whole megillah? If big books about America's larger-than-life 26th president are your thing, there are plenty of door-stopping bios to ...

How Teddy Roosevelt and the Spanish-American War set the course for future conflicts. By Clay Risen Mr. Risen is the author of “The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of ...

Theodore Roosevelt crossed my mind recently, prompted by a conversation with comics historian, former Marvel editor, and world's greatest Roosevelt expert Rick Marschall, which led me to think about ...