Summary of The River of Doubt

di SellWave Audio (Autore)

Sellwave Audio, 2025

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. The River of Doubt tells the harrowing true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s daring descent into one of the most dangerous regions of the Amazon following his crushing presidential defeat in 1912. Seeking purpose after the humiliation of politics, Roosevelt embarked on an expedition unlike any he had ever faced: to chart an unmarked and perilous tributary of the Amazon, later named the Rio Roosevelt. Accompanied by his son Kermit and renowned Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon, he set out into territory filled with deadly wildlife, uncharted rapids, and Indigenous tribes who had never before encountered outsiders. What awaited them was far more brutal than they could have imagined. The dense rainforest became both a physical and psychological battleground. The party lost canoes and supplies to raging rapids, leaving them on the brink of starvation. Every day carried the threat of disease, poisonous insects, and violent encounters. Tensions within the group escalated, leading to a shocking murder among their own men. Three lives were lost on the journey, and Roosevelt himself came close to death, weakened by tropical illness and so demoralized that he considered ending his life to spare the others the burden of carrying him. Yet, despite the unrelenting dangers, the expedition achieved the seemingly impossible. Roosevelt and his team succeeded in completing the first descent of the river, charting unexplored territory and forever altering the map of the Western Hemisphere. Their accomplishment was so extraordinary that many refused to believe it was real, but history has since confirmed both the danger and the triumph of their journey.

• Autore: SellWave Audio
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 01:52:40
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Sellwave Audio
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9798260873502