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After leaving office, he led a dangerous expedition into the uncharted Amazon to find and map one of the sources of the Amazon river. It's an amazing story, and very well told: The River of Doubt.
You're thinking of his son Kermit. I'm halfway done with Candice Millard's book about it, River of Doubt, and its been a pretty good listen.
Alive: the story of a plane crash in the Andes, where the survivors had to resort to eating each other. This is one of the greatest books, and stories of survival you will ever read.
https://www.amazon.com/Alive-Survivors-Piers-Paul-Read/dp/038000321X
A little different than what OP said but I’d recommend reading The River Of Doubt. It’s really cool, if I’m remembering right, it’s in a way his suicide march
The TR posdcasts would have to be like, 5 three hour specials...
All the shit that man did and saw. All the hunting. Exploring the Amazon...
This book is amazing if you're a Teddy Roosevelt fan.
Candice Millard has a killer book about Roosevelt exploring an unmapped tributary of the Amazon after losing the 1912 election. It's fascinating stuff, highly recommended.
Thanks for the recommendation! I've been wanting to get into 18th-19th century Mexican history myself and have been eyeing John Womack's Zapata and the Mexican Revolution.
The book was written in a way that while giving historical facts and analyzing them, it wasn't dry reading at all (not that I don't mind a dry history book every now and then). It almost had the feel of a novel at times; I was very impressed.
I recommended "Destiny of the Republic" to one of my girlfriend's coworkers, and he absolutely loved it as well. We discussed many parts of it at length over beer at Old Chicago. He just told me last week that Ms. Millard also wrote another book I need to read - "The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey". That looks absolutely amazing if you ask me, and given the writing style of her, I'll definitely be trying that one when I get time. I'd forgotten about him telling me until this conversation, so thanks for reminding me, I added it to my list now.
On another note, if that title trips your trigger and interests you at all, I've read a book about Percy Fawcett and his search for the Lost City of Z in the Amazon - was absolutely amazing. I believe the title is "The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon", and the description of the book sounds correct. It's sitting on a shelf at home, so when I get home tonight, I'll check and confirm to you whether it's the correct title or not. Pretty sure it is. Either way, it's an amazing book that not only tells about the history of what happened and what they think happened, but also delves into a bit of why they think he did it to begin with as well. Didn't take me long to go through that book at all, I was enthralled the entire time.
Theodore Roosevelt did a bit of river exploration himself. After failing to secure a third term, he co-commanded a scientific expedition which was the first to descend the Rio da Dúvida (River of Doubt, renamed Rio Roosevelt), a major tributary in the Amazon rain forest.
Candice Millard wrote an excellent book about it called River of Doubt.
Anyone interested in reading a great true story about his should pick up The River of Doubt. It's a wonderful recounting about his expedition into the Amazon.
I read "The River of Doubt" about his journey with President Theodore Roosevelt down the uncharted river now named Rio Roosevelt. If I remember correctly it portrayed Colonel Rondon as a tough but competent leader and a champion of Indigenous rights. On that expedition, however, several people died, including one who was murdered. Roosevelt got so ill and hungry he begged his son to leave him to die and he began reciting poetry in a trance-like state. He did survive however, and returned to the US looking much thinner and weaker.
that is something we can agree on. that being said we also dont have open borders now, else my students and family members wouldn't have to endure so much to get in.
> People who cross the border illegally are likely to be criminals. While I don't doubt that some of them are good people, the risk of letting anybody through this easily is not worth it.
this is the part i took issue with. of the 216 students currently enlisted in our sheltered classes (don't have enough english to take grad requirements) i can only think of two that are actually bad people. all the rest are just children trying to survive. (and some of them do have legal status, but an estimated 92-95% of them don't.)
if you're interested in learning more and/or like to read i highly recommend either Enrique's Journey (biography of sorts) or We Are Not From Here
my s/o is doing okay, his siblings received legal asylum status last month actually! we're going to try for him at the beginning of october.
My #1 favorite book of all time. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
You've just posted absolutely gibberish propaganda. If you want to know about Che (though your source tells me you've made your mind up), you should read Che: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson.
Hey there, as another comment mentioned Fifth Sun is fantastic. Adding to that, Zapata and the Mexican Revolution is considered to be THE book on Zapata. It's a little dry at first, but give it a chance and you won't regret it.
I think this would be a good opportunity to recommend this book https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X/ref=nodl_ to every Miami Cuban to help cut through the immense bullshit and propaganda put out there since the Cold War meant to demonize him.
This book will not support their entirely unsourced claim that Che hated these groups, but it is the definitive biography on him and is highly regarded and reliable. https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X (can also be found for free online if you’re so inclined lol)
Yeah absolutely keep going with your own research. Would recommend Jon Lee Anderson’s book as a jumping off point. It’s very well regarded and covers a lot of ground. https://www.amazon.com/Che-Guevara-Revolutionary-Jon-Anderson/dp/080214411X. Just appreciate you being open to researching things and changing views, far too rare in this world.
The author says it all
<em>Jon Lee Anderson</em>, a staff writer, began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. He is the author of several books, including “<em>Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life</em>.”
If you're interested in Teddy, I highly recommend the book River of Doubt. It's about this incredibly harrowing (and pretty reckless) expedition he went down an uncharted river in the Amazon after losing his second re-election campaign. He and his whole crew including one of his sons nearly died a dozen different times.
It also goes into a lot of detail about his character. He was an incredibly complex, brilliant and interesting guy. His views on colonialism and race are pretty awful by today's standards, he looked at other cultures as lesser and in need of "shepherding". His view on South/Central America was that they should basically be subjects of the United States, because the United States knew what was best for them better than they did. I suppose it's better than just wanting to enslave/exterminate them, but not by very far. But I guess we'll take what we can get with figures from his era.
Guevara also espoused racist views. In his diary, he referred to black people as “those magnificent examples of the African race who have maintained their racial purity thanks to their lack of an affinity with bathing.”
Che is a very interesting person I highly reccomend you all read
- Che A revolutionary life: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/080214411X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_toxWFbTN3PT8W
And
Remembering Che: My Life with Che Guevara:https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0987077937/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_5pxWFbDP2SQB1
Both are excellent reads and I hope you all have a new perspective on him
This is nice but should also add he had horrible asthma as a kid and basically willed himself to stop having it. And oh yeah, a few years before his death — after a Brazilian politician joked to him that it couldn’t be done — led an expedition through an uncharted Amazon river where he and his men were besieged by starvation, disease, and vicious Indian attacks. Book:
https://www.amazon.com/River-Doubt-Theodore-Roosevelts-Darkest-ebook/dp/B000Q9ITGW
> And you aren't aware of the administration drugging kids so they are docile and quiet because you chug Breitbart, T_D, and FOX cock
Why can't you people just be polite when debating something with me? I'll bet you've complained at least once before about Donald Trump "ruining our country's reputation by slinging shit and talking bad about people on twitter" that's what you're doing to me right now. Let's have a discussion with some modicum of respect please. I'm not being mean to you. Maybe snarky, but not mean. Okay?
As to what you said, it sounds like you think we live in some Cyberpunk Dystopia where children are ... held in abandoned walmarts? I'd like to see more on that. Can't wait for it to be "children arrested at a walmart before being taken to a government holding cell"
What is the matter with you? Should these children be allowed to enter our country illegally because they are children? why should it matter if they are children? Are you saying that the adults being imprisoned for crossing illegally is acceptable? That's the only reason I can think for why you would only mention children.
I would recommend you read Enrique's Journey it tells the story of a boy named Enrique from Honduras who comes illegally, attempted several times and being deported I think seven times, to the United States to be with his mother. What he endured on the way to the US was 1,000% more horrendous than anything that happened to him when he got closer to the US border. You should be trying to prevent these children from coming here, and to instead lobby support for increasing their quality of life in their countries. They get abducted and put into sex trafficking. Women are raped. Girls have to wear shirts that say "I have AIDS" on them to scare away rapists. Mexican Police are corrupt. It's very bad stuff, and you aren't helping by virtue signalling on reddit, pal.
I love how you still responded after so much time had passed :)
The River of Doubt is what it's called, an excellent book imho.
Besides the book mentioned in the article, there is another great book about Teddy Roosevelt that also gets into how he raised his sons. It is called River of Doubt and how the entire family was pretty badass.
Oh man I'm late to the party - but I just finished the book about the River of Doubt expedition last week! It's a great, great read.
Thanks! Not a great person but just another soul looking for a way. If you want some great reading material, check out The River of Doubt. Great story of Theodore Roosevelt overcoming lost and failure.
Remember, life isn't about perfection all the time. That will end in disappointment which is okay. But okay only if you continue to persevere and dare to be bold.
Che Guevarra was in his 20's while traveling, but his memoir <em>The Motorcycle Diaries</em> has a lot of the hallmarks of compelling literature for young adults -- self discovery, a struggle with a life-threatening illness, and anger at injustice. (Also a good movie with the incredibly hot Gael García Bernal.)