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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Captain Hugh Knyvett an Australian Galahad

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08051 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 1918 Pagination: Order a Copy

The honor of Captain Hugh Knyvett, " an Australian Galahad," a World War I hero. Roosevelt contrasts him with the "mischievous weaklings, who clamor for peace without victory"

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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