The River of Doubt

The River of Doubt

by Candice Millard

3 mentors recommend this 440 pages

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 caul

ISBN: 9780739323021

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Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday

Philosophy & Religion

"I thought I knew about Theodore Roosevelt."

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Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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"[This book] reads more like Indiana Jones that non-fiction."

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Saagar Enjeti

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"Our own former President Theodore Roosevelt’s journey down [the Amazon] river."

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