Through the Brazilian Wilderness

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Theodore Roosevelt
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreHunting or shooting animals and game
ISBN/Barcode 9781628738025
ClassificationsDewey:799.0981
Audience
General
Illustrations 85 B&W photos, B&W illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
Publication Date 21 August 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

In 1914, with the well-wishes of the Brazilian government, Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president of the United States; his son, Kermit; and Colonel Rondon travel to South America on a quest to course the River of Doubt. While in Brazil, Theodore is also tasked with a "zoogeographic reconnaissance" of the local wilderness for the archives of the Natural History Museum of New York.

Author Biography

Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth president of the United States of America. One of America's most popular presidents, Roosevelt was an avid outdoorsman and historian, and a vivacious reader; he contributed hundreds of books to the literary world, writing of his adventures in Africa and South America. Roosevelt passed away in 1919 at the age of sixty.