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Looking for read-alikes for Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt? These 24 titles overlap in Presidents & Heads of State, 19th Century, Military, and United States and overall literary texture.

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Profiles in Freedom Heroes Who Shaped America with a Foreword by Senator Markwayne Mullin

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Grant’s Final Victory Ulysses S. Grant’s Heroic Last Year

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A Magnificent Catastrophe The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America’s First Presidential Campaign

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Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

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To Rescue the Republic Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

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Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

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Lincoln’s Melancholy How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness

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Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

A Country of Vast Designs James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent — Robert W. Merry

A Country of Vast Designs James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent

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Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

Killing Lincoln The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever — Bill O’Reilly

Killing Lincoln The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever — Bill O’Reilly

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates The Forgotten War That Changed American History

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

Ulysses S. Grant Soldier & President — Geoffrey Perret

Ulysses S. Grant Soldier & President

Geoffrey Perret

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

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Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

The Hidden History of the White House Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments — Corey Mead

The Hidden History of the White House Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny — Brian Kilmeade

Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

Andrew Jackson & His Indian Wars — Robert Vincent Remini

Andrew Jackson & His Indian Wars

Robert Vincent Remini

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant The Complete Annotated Edition — Ulysses S. Grant

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant The Complete Annotated Edition

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Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

The Broken Constitution Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America — Noah Feldman

The Broken Constitution Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Volume 1 — Ulysses Simpson Grant

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Volume 1

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Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • Military

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Colonel Roosevelt

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • United States

The Inner Jefferson Portrait of a Grieving Optimist — Andrew Burstein

The Inner Jefferson Portrait of a Grieving Optimist

Andrew Burstein

Themes: Presidents & Heads of State • 19th Century • United States

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