Real Soldiers of Fortune

Richard Harding Davis was an American writer and journalist. Davis was also well known for being the first American war correspondent to cover many wars including the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. Davis's writing also played a critical role in helping the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. Real Soldiers of Fortune is a book consisting of short biographies of the following people: Henry Maciver, James Harden-Hickey, Winston Churchill (his early life), Philo Norton McGiffin, General William Walker, and Frederick Russell Burnham.