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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.
Oh, I actually enjoyed it. Er, that's not the right word. I did find it interesting if you're into bear attacks. Perhaps not the most interesting if you've undergone one.
This is an amusing story of a bear attack mixed with some other stuff that I skimmed, but again probably not as entertaining by someone who'd been mauled by a bear. As the book description says: "Bon vivant and social pariah, ALLENA HANSEN came to national attention when she had the bad judgment to get mauled by a bear, fight it off, and drive herself down a mountain for help on a slow news day."
However, if your friend wants to feel better by reading about other people who have done (if only by accident) stupid things in the wild, I recommend this entertaining (again, if it's not you) book on the myriad of ways people have died in the Grand Canyon.
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.
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.
Thanks very much, a great suggestion! I'm embarrassed it didn't occur to me.
As you mentioned, the Adventure Travel charts were interesting... seem thru-hiking books are very popular! Especially the Appalachian Trail... I've wasted my life doing un-sellable things! ;)
Are the "best seller" categories accurate? I see a lot of forum-folk talking about how to bump your book up the lists, so I'm a little unclear how "best seller" is really calculated... eg right now "How To Live In A Small Car" (3 reviews) is a #11 Bestseller?! I can't help but feel it's a bump from free copies or shills, and ponder how pervasive this is...
>It helps to be at the top of multiple categories.
Silly question, but how do books get allocated to categories? Does an author have any control? I'm assuming there's a process to stop every author choosing every category in a bid to get a #1 somewhere?
ie I see for The Last Englishman: A Thru-Hiking Adventure
> Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,721 Paid in Kindle Store
Number 1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > Specialty Travel > Sports
Number 1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Outdoors & Nature > Hiking & Camping > Camping
Number 2 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Outdoors & Nature > Nature Writing
Did he choose those?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CUSQOA0/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 was a pretty good read about this. I'm inclined to believe this theory, that there was some sort natural phenomenon on the mountain that caused them to panic and experience confusion. Possibly a Karman Vortex https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_vortex_street
Anyone interested in learning about piracy in the Americas in the late 17th and early 18th centuries would enjoy this book. I’m nearly done, and highly recommend:
The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003K15IKI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_DM35SEFQTP5XSFTCSQ6N?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
‘The Indifferent Stars Above’ by Daniel James Brown.
Into The Wild
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SEFNMS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Christopher McCandless could have accepted help and listened to the warnings of others, chose not to, and eventually died. And instead of self discovery he found himself desperate and regretful and dying alone.
Maybe it will inspire you to accept help right now, when you're clearly in need and people are trying to assist.
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
Really appreciate for sharing your cheers!
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I can't recommend Endurance enough. It's all about Ernest Shackleton's attempt to cross Antarctica. Amazing!
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.
Dead Mountain. Non fiction about a dozen student hikers that disappeared in the mountains in Russia in 1959. On the edge of my seat true story. 1.99 on Kindle. https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mountain-Untold-Dyatlov-Incident-ebook/dp/B00CUSQOA0 So good.
The Republic of Pirates Great book.
I got it in the UK - followed the link that OP originally put up - then on the right of the screen there is a big green box saying 'continue to Amazon.co.uk), click on that you will go to the UK page, click on the book cover and you will get the option to purchase by one-click
Here is the UK link
EDIT to add the actual link
Hi, gwillyn. I sure hope you didn't get rooked for $8.75, because if you did, it wasn't my doing. I just checked the site and the price is still $5. (And you can borrow it for free on Amazon Prime.) Please let me know? Thanks.