Treacherous Journey: Following Roosevelt down the River of Doubt
Nonfiction, History, Americas, South America
| Author: | Bob Martin | ISBN: | 9781301188604 |
| Publisher: | Bob Martin | Publication: | August 23, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bob Martin |
| ISBN: | 9781301188604 |
| Publisher: | Bob Martin |
| Publication: | August 23, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
A true short story. Explorer George M. Dyott was frantic. His expedition was turning into a disaster. A jungle-lined, obstruction-filled Brazilian river had just claimed one of his three canoes. Its two-man crew had disappeared, but not before he heard one of the men yell he was drowning. The sunken canoe’s cargo of scarce food, photographs and movie film had also gone under. Dyott’s mission, sponsored by the Roosevelt Memorial Association, was to film Theodore Roosevelt’s 1914 route down the River of Doubt. Now, thirteen years after that river snatched the ex-president’s film and pictures, it looked like it would take Dyott’s as well. And the river’s swallowing the expedition’s food supplies put the explorers in danger of starving to death. His men had endured bandits, whitewater rapids, exhausting jungle portages, hostile cannibal Indians and maddening insects. Could they now survive starvation brought on by meager rations?
A true short story. Explorer George M. Dyott was frantic. His expedition was turning into a disaster. A jungle-lined, obstruction-filled Brazilian river had just claimed one of his three canoes. Its two-man crew had disappeared, but not before he heard one of the men yell he was drowning. The sunken canoe’s cargo of scarce food, photographs and movie film had also gone under. Dyott’s mission, sponsored by the Roosevelt Memorial Association, was to film Theodore Roosevelt’s 1914 route down the River of Doubt. Now, thirteen years after that river snatched the ex-president’s film and pictures, it looked like it would take Dyott’s as well. And the river’s swallowing the expedition’s food supplies put the explorers in danger of starving to death. His men had endured bandits, whitewater rapids, exhausting jungle portages, hostile cannibal Indians and maddening insects. Could they now survive starvation brought on by meager rations?
