Our Book Recommendations
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the war. We do have some favorites for basic readers on the war. These
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[This book has many great illustrations, photos, and tidbits on the war. Great book for just picking up and reading a bit here and there. Its text is not a comprehensive history of the war, however]Blow, Michael, A Ship to Remember. (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1992).
Field, Ron, Spanish-American War 1898. (Washington: Brasseys Inc., 1998).[A good book on the sinking of the battleship MAINE, and is suportive of the coal bunker fire theory. Well written. It also provides a good account of the war itself]
[A good source for information on uniforms of the Spanish American War era ]
[A good readable book on Roosevelt in the war]
[This excellently written work is a great book to read before or after Roosevelt's The Rough Riders. The book helps readers understand the man, and what made him into what he was].
Roosevelt, Theodore, The Rough Riders. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920)(the link is for a modern paperback reprint).[This is a very good, readable basic history of the war]
[This book is a must for anyone on the war. Not only does the reader get a very readable first-hand account, they get insight into the mind of a man who became one of the heroes of the war and a leader of the nation]Samuels, Peggy and Harold, Remembering the Maine. (Washington: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995).
[Another good book on the sinking of the battleship MAINE, and is suportive of the mine theory ]