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REVIEWS: The River of
Doubt
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Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
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Book Companion
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. Roosevelt accomplished a
feat so great that many at the time refused to believe
Characters: 173. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Non-Fiction.
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