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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Candice Millard

What drove a former president to throw himself against the Amazon's cruelest trials, and what did the journey cost him?

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Author
Candice Millard

Why read it

  • You will see how Roosevelt turned to intense physical exertion to overcome setbacks and sorrow
  • You will weigh the price of relentless action when the explorer returns wasted to a shadow of his former self
  • You will lose the romantic idea that the rain forest is a kindly place, seeing how hunger, disease and rapids wear down even strong men

Who it is for

  • A hiker or traveller planning a trip into remote wilderness
  • Someone recovering from public failure and craving action
  • A history fan curious about Roosevelt after the presidency

Contents

  1. Prologue
  2. Defeat
  3. Preparation
  4. On the Open Sea
  5. A Change of Plans
  6. Beyond the Frontier
  7. Hard Choices
  8. Warnings from the Dead
  9. The Unknown
  10. Pole and Paddle, Axe and Machete
  11. On the Ink-Black River
  12. Twitching Through the Woods
  13. The Wild Water
  14. Danger Afloat, Danger Ashore
  15. Death in the Rapids
  16. The Wide Belts
  17. Hunger
  18. The Myth of “Beneficent Nature”
  19. “I Will Stop Here”
  20. Missing
  21. The Worst in a Man
  22. “He Who Kills Must Die”
  23. Judgment
  24. The Cauldron
  25. The Rubber Men
  26. A Pair of Flags
  27. Epilogue

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