<p><p>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.<p>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.<p>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....</p> <h3>the New York Times Sunday Book Review - Bruce Barcott</h3> <p>although <i>the River Of Doubt</i> Sheds New Light On One Of The More Exciting Years In Theodore Roosevelt's Life, Bookstore Clerks Ought Not To Shelve It Under Biography. In Her Debut Book, Millard, A Former Writer And Editor For National Geographic, Combines High Adventure Well Told With Dazzling Passages Of Nature Writing That Illuminate The Darkest, Steamiest Sections Of The Amazon Forest.</p>