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.
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
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.
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.
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.