The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

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 Rooseveltâ‚¬s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.

The River of Doubtâ‚¬"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 Brazilâ‚¬s most famous explorer, Cndido 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 Rooseveltâ‚¬s life, here is Candice Millardâ‚¬s dazzling debut.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Random House Audio
Manufacturer Random House Audio
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 0739340506_used
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 2006-10-10
UnitCount 1
Format Abridged
EANs 9780739340509

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Audio
Manufacturer	Random House Audio
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	0739340506_used
Color	Cream
ReleaseDate	2006-10-10
UnitCount	1
Format	Abridged
EANs	9780739340509

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

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