1. The River of Doubt: Theodore
Roosevelts Darkest Journey by
Candice Millard
One Of My Favorite Reads This Year
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, Cândido 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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After finishing this thrilling and insightful book, I nearly tried to contact the
author to thank her for writing it. I love Teddy, have read three bios of him,
all from different perspectives, but before River, I dont think there was
anything devoted to this amazing trip. To me, this book is a great example
how rich and enjoyable it can be from a readers persective to have a
skilled author place a magnifying glass on an event merely mentioned in
passing by comprehensive biographies. From reading her bio, the author
was uniquely qualified to write this account. She captured the en ormity of
not only the larger-than-life former president, but the South American
wilderness. The descriptions of the terrain made me feel I was travelling
with Teddy, Kermit and the rest. The contrast between Teddy and his wise
and benevolent guide Rondon was protrayed brilliantly and, I believe has
relevance to todays issues. Teddys son Kermit was unselfish to go with
his dad, at the expense of delaying his person preferences and plans, and
was at the zenith of his strength and stamina, making knowledge of his
later fall even sadder. Splicing earlier and later history into the trips
account deepened my appreciation of one of the greatest and most
influential men in US history. Thank you, Candice, for writing this!!
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