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Very disappointing. The author appeared to do an extensive amount of research for this book. But even with that, I had difficulty with how often she would say how another person felt during the trip. Too ofter she mentioned how fearful the party was but did not mention how she came to that conclusion. Sometimes the diaries were mentioned but the amount of emotion that she tried to interject fell flat. The decisions of the native indian tribes to attack or not attack were based on tribal lore tha
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Excellent, surprising read!
The story of how Teddy Roosevelt decided to travel down an uncharted river, the River of Doubt, in the Amazon basin. Roosevelt and his crew don't have enough supplies or decent boats for the journey and they barely make it through the trip alive. The book starts off slow and doesn't really pick up until the group reaches the River of Doubt. It is at times a harrowing story but I was so annoyed with the group for going into this situation totally unprepared that it lessened my appreciation for th
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