The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
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.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 24, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great easy read.
I started this book on Saturday evening and finished it Sunday night. A great summer read that I truly enjoyed and I found to be very well written. While it focuses on Roosevelt's journey, the information on other people, animals, plants and...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 09, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great way to learn about the man name "Roosevelt".
This book is just more evidence of how great a man Roosevelt was and how he thought about life in general. I learned a great deal from the book about the Amazon and the River of Doubt. A great book you won't be able to put down. Only draw back...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 06, 2008 Type: User Review |
Not real enough
I was disappointed in River of Doubt, anticipating a gripping tale about both Teddy Roosevelt and what was then the unexplored Amazon River region. Roosevelt never really emerges as a person. Even more annoying, the description of the flora and...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 23, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Darkest Hour in Minutes
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 16, 2008 Type: User Review |
great vacation reading
I read this while on vacation in Florida, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. The rain has been torrential. It took little imagination to see myself in a dugout with Roosevelt. A great read in any location.
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