Through the Brazilian Wilderness

A harrowing chronicle of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition through Brazil and Paraguay to map the 950-mile River of Doubt.

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Former president Roosevelt's firsthand account, written while travelling, of his adventures on the River of Doubt, a tributary to the Amazon River, in 1914. Roosevelt undertook the journey to map the previously unknown 950-mile river and collect specimens for the American Museum of Natural History, but it quickly became a harrowing test of endurance from which he was lucky to escape alive. Includes an introduction by Roosevelt's great-grandson, who made the identical trip himself in 1992. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)