The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt?s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.

The River of Doubt?it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron.

After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights on the most punishing physical challenge he could find, the first descent of an unmapped, rapids-choked tributary of the Amazon. Together with his son Kermit and Brazil?s most famous explorer, C?ndido Mariano da Silva Rondon, Roosevelt accomplished a feat so great that many at the time refused to believe it. In the process, he changed the map of the western hemisphere forever.

Along the way, Roosevelt and his men faced an unbelievable series of hardships, losing their canoes and supplies to punishing whitewater rapids, and enduring starvation, Indian attack, disease, drowning, and a murder within their own ranks. Three men died, and Roosevelt was brought to the brink of suicide. The River of Doubt brings alive these extraordinary events in a powerful nonfiction narrative thriller that happens to feature one of the most famous Americans who ever lived.

From the soaring beauty of the Amazon rain forest to the darkest night of Theodore Roosevelt?s life, here is Candice Millard?s dazzling debut. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-09-2009; Journey into the Unknown; "River of Doubt" has been out for about three years. I picked it up about a month ago. I shouldn't have waited so long.The River of Doubt was so-named because even as late as 1914, no one was sure that this 1,000 mile-long river with...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-21-2009; Exciting adventure; Here is an exciting true adventure based upon journals that T.R. wrote as well as stories from others on this trip. It was impossible to put this book down.The Dynamic Great Lakes; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-19-2009; An epic adventure told by an author who knows how to turn the pages!; "As her inaugural foray into authorship, Candice Millard's epic reconstruction of Theodore Roosevelt's bravest - and least known - adventure stands distinguished by the accolades it has received. Never abandoning her story to the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-10-2009; So much better than Lost City of Z; This book really takes you inside an expedition. You get to know the names of all the participants, as well as the paddlers and individual locals. Makes Lost City of Z feel like a magazine article. (Which, I guess, it was.); read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-09-2009; Journey into the Unknown; "River of Doubt" has been out for about three years. I picked it up about a month ago. I shouldn't have waited so long.The River of Doubt was so-named because even as late as 1914, no one was sure that this 1,000 mile-long river with...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-29-2007; Disconcertingly Feminine; This is an exciting though flawed historical adventure yarn. The story of Teddy Roosevelt's journey down an unexplored and darkly dangerous branch of the Amazon makes for easy and fascinating reading. The entire voyage as well as the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-14-2008; Rich Guys do Dumb Stuff --Surprise?; I really looked forward to this book and will give it kudos for being nicely written. Quite frankly though I found the story lame. It follows the poor planning, bad decision making, and vast ego of Teddy Roosevelt. He picks the wrong...; read full review | report as inappropriate