My Last Chance to Be a Boy: Theodore Roosevelt's South American Expedition of 1913--1914

by Joseph R. Ornig

Book Overview

Using letters, diaries, and firsthand accounts, Joseph Ornig has pieced together the story of Roosevelt's expedition into the Brazilian equatorial forest that charted the course of the River of Doubt. The book recounts the challenges the expedition faced including starvation, injury and murder.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807122718
• ISBN13: 9780807122716
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"