As war breaks out with Spain, Roosevelt heads to Cuba with his cavalry, a newly-minted band called the Rough Riders. He returns a hero – and a celebrity –  and runs for Governor of New York.

As war breaks out with Spain, Roosevelt heads to Cuba with his cavalry, a newly-minted band called the Rough Riders. He returns a hero – and a celebrity – and runs for Governor of New York.

As war breaks out with Spain, Roosevelt heads to Cuba with his cavalry, a newly-minted band called the Rough Riders. He returns a hero – and a celebrity –&nbsp; and runs for Governor of New York.

Episode 3: The Rough Rider

Emmy-winning actor and Broadway legend André de Shields narrates Making..., an original podcast from The HISTORY® Channel. Each season takes listeners inside the lives of history’s greatest figures and examines the events that forged these legends.Making Teddy takes you inside the life of a man who went from the big city to life on the frontier, from leading a cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War to leading the entire country from the White House. Each episode will bring together leading historians, authors and journalists to paint in vivid detail the forces that shaped Theodore Roosevelt into the pioneer he would become.

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Episode 3: The Rough Rider

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