The River of Doubt
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, Candido 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. Thr
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After his 1912 third-party defeat, a depressed Theodore Roosevelt joined a Brazilian expedition to descend an uncharted Amazon tributary called the River of Doubt. Across nearly two months of rapids, fevers, and dwindling food, he and his son Kermit nearly died on the river that bears his name.
The River of Doubt was written by Candice Millard and published in 2005. Millard is also the author of Destiny of the Republic and Hero of the Empire. The River of Doubt was her debut nonfiction book.
Yes. The River of Doubt is the nonfiction account of Theodore Roosevelt's near-fatal 1913-1914 expedition to map an unexplored Amazon tributary, which is now called Rio Roosevelt.
The River of Doubt is 440 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The River of Doubt takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
The River of Doubt is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
The River of Doubt is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
