A Cowboy in the Jungle: Theodore Roosevelt and the River of Doubt

“Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die.” -Theodore Roosevelt Sailing out of the New York harbor, Theodore Roosevelt had little indication that the journey he was embarking on, which he had referred to as “ a delightful holiday ” with “ just the right amount of adventure ,” would be the hardest test of his notoriously strenuous life .  Reeling from his recent defeat as the Progressive Party’s nominee in the 1912 presidential elections, Roosevelt needed to get away.  Near the e

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A Cowboy in the Jungle: Theodore Roosevelt and the River of Doubt