
The River of Doubt
Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
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Narrated by:
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Paul Michael
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By:
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Candice Millard
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. 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 Roosevelt's life, here is Candice Millard's dazzling debut.
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"Millard...nails the suspense element of this story perfectly, but equally important to her success is the marvelous amount of detail she provides on the wildlife that Roosevelt and his fellow explorers encountered on their journey, as well as the cannibalistic indigenous tribe that stalked them much of the way." (Publishers Weekly)
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River of Doubt
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The narrator is Paul Michael, who is as good as Scott Brick or George Guidall. Audible indicates it is read by Richard Ferrone, but that applies to the abridged version. This is one of those rare non-fiction books that reads like the best novel. I find it very hard to believe that this is by a first time author.
One nit I have to pick is that there is no mention of Tweed Roosevelt, Teddy's great grandson, who repeated the trip in 1992 (finding that the cannibals by then were watching satellite TV!).
This is a book I would never have opened in paper, and I would have been much the poorer for it.
This is not a biography, but an exploration of a region that even today we don't know much about, incidentally undertaken by a former US president.
A Glorious Listen
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Great audio book
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Liked it
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A Great View of a Great Man
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This is a riveting adventure told in just the right amount of detail - some political backdrop, a nature lesson about the Amazon, the sheer determination of strong-willed men, what we in Boy Scouts call "piss-poor planning" and some biography. Candice Millard is a great storyteller who brings the action to life.What was one of the most memorable moments of The River of Doubt?
Former President Roosevelt's life-threatening injury, the decisions around it and its impact on the rest of the trip. Ms. Millard paints the picture in terms of human struggle, the instinct to survive and one's duty not to impede the progress of the many because of the injury or illness of the few.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I neither laughed nor cried. I'm not a crier, and the book didn't pretend to be humorous. No extreme reactions, but rather just remaining easily engaged in the story. Obviously, I knew the outcome, since I know that Roosevelt died several yeas later. What was interesting was feeling as though I was in a dugout canoe on the expedition along with the Roosevelt-Rondon party.No Doubt about This Book
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No Doubt about this book
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Interesting and Entertaining!
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They don’t have a clue
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Great Tale, Well Told
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