Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt, Travel, Special Interest, Adventure, Essays & Travelogues - Hardcover

Roosevelt, Theodore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1598181920 ISBN 13: 9781598181920

Publisher: Aegypan, 2006

Synopsis

At the age of fifty-five, former president Theodore Roosevelt took part in an expedition to the far reaches of the Amazon. Mind you, in time and context this was an extraordinary thing; at this point in history, you'd need to make an expedition into space to get as far away from workaday life as Roosevelt's party went. This book is Roosevelt's journal during the expedition into the unknown in the name of science -- an expedition into very real and very mortal peril.

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Review:

Roosevelt has been able to add one more excellent volume to a list which is already a paraiseworthy record. The New York Times An exceedingly fascinating story of adventure. IT is the best story...that the many-sided former president of the United States has produced. The Boston Transcript

About the Author:

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858 - 1919) was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist and reformer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century. Roosevelt was mostly home schooled by tutors and his parents. Biographer H. W. Brands argues that "The most obvious drawback to the home schooling Roosevelt received was uneven coverage of the various areas of human knowledge". He was solid in geography (as a result of self study during travels) and bright in history, biology, French and German; however, he struggled in mathematics and the classical languages. He entered Harvard College on September 27, 1876; his father told him "Take care of your morals first, your health next, and finally your studies".

About this edition

• Publisher: Aegypan
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1598181920
• ISBN 13: 9781598181920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 244