Through the Brazilian Wilderness

Theodore Roosevelt

• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781625588838
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Zoology
• Index: Biological Sciences

After losing his bid for the United States Presidency as a third party candidate, Theodore Roosevelt decided to take on the most dangerous adventure left on earth. He and his son, Kermit, accepted Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon's invitation to help him plot the course of the River of Doubt. The River of Doubt could just as easily have been named the River of Death. The river's rapids turned out to be much more ferocious than expected, cannibalistic natives dogged the group through most of the journey, and Murphy was their constant companion. The expedition lost men, supplies, and canoes. At one point, Roosevelt contracted a flesh-eating bacteria and became so weak that he urged his son to leave him behind to die. Ultimately Teddy and Kermit emerged from the wilderness triumphantly. Here is their story in Theodore Roosevelt's own words.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• The Start
• Up the Paraguay
• A Jaguar-Hunt on the Taquary
• The Headwaters of the Paraguay
• Up the River of Tapirs
• Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil
• With a Mule Train Across Nhambiquara Land
• The River of Doubt
• Down an Unknown River into the Equatorial Forest
• To the Amazon and Home; Zoological and Geographical Results of the Expedition
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C