Teddy's tantrum : John D. Weaver and the exoneration of the 25th infantry /
Durwood, Tom
Teddy's tantrum : John D. Weaver and the exoneration of the 25th infantry / Teddy's tantrum : a case study in narrative and empire Tom Durwood. - [Place of publication not identified] : Empire Studies Press, 2021. - xiii, 355 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
In the fall of 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt lost his temper. Someone had shot up the border town of Brownsville, Texas, where the all-black 25th Infantry had recently been stationed. Multiple hearings into the raid incident dragged on, without resolution, so Roosevelt impulsively settled the matter himself. This epic outburst turned into a national drama that would last over four years and ruin over a hundred lives. Half a century later, a writer named John D. Weaver pointed to a photograph in the family album and wondered where it had been taken. "Some Negro soldiers shot up the town," she explained, "and Teddy Roosevelt kicked them out of the Army." That fleeting remark set him on a quest over two decades long to dig up the truth about what had happened in Brownsville and bring justice to the men of the 25th Infantry.
9781952520082 1952520088
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Weaver, John.
United States. Army --History.
United States. Army --History.--25th Infantry
Teddy's tantrum : John D. Weaver and the exoneration of the 25th infantry / Teddy's tantrum : a case study in narrative and empire Tom Durwood. - [Place of publication not identified] : Empire Studies Press, 2021. - xiii, 355 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
In the fall of 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt lost his temper. Someone had shot up the border town of Brownsville, Texas, where the all-black 25th Infantry had recently been stationed. Multiple hearings into the raid incident dragged on, without resolution, so Roosevelt impulsively settled the matter himself. This epic outburst turned into a national drama that would last over four years and ruin over a hundred lives. Half a century later, a writer named John D. Weaver pointed to a photograph in the family album and wondered where it had been taken. "Some Negro soldiers shot up the town," she explained, "and Teddy Roosevelt kicked them out of the Army." That fleeting remark set him on a quest over two decades long to dig up the truth about what had happened in Brownsville and bring justice to the men of the 25th Infantry.
9781952520082 1952520088
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Weaver, John.
United States. Army --History.
United States. Army --History.--25th Infantry