Teddy Roosevelt & The River of No Return (1914)

By Theodore Roosevelt | Retold by A.C. Clark
69 pages

He had been President. He had hunted lions in Africa. But Theodore Roosevelt’s greatest and most dangerous adventure was yet to come.

In 1913, the former president set out to chart a river in the heart of the Amazon so mysterious it was known only as the River of Doubt. It was a journey into one of the last true blank spaces on the map, a wilderness teeming with piranhas, venomous snakes, and hostile tribes.

But the river itself proved to be the deadliest enemy. Roosevelt, his son Kermit, and the legendary Brazilian explorer Colonel Rondon were forced into a relentless gauntlet of churning rapids that smashed their canoes, claimed the lives of their men, and pushed the expedition to the brink of starvation, madness, and murder. It became a desperate struggle for survival against the full, savage power of nature.

Now, Roosevelt's classic, true-life adventure is brought to a new generation in this modern retelling from My Son's Library. Updated for young readers, this edition is packed with:

• Jungle Survival Guides

• Character Profiles

• And an "Explorer's Code" of moral lessons from the journey.

This is more than just a story. It is a testament to the power of courage, leadership, and the unbreakable bonds of brotherhood forged in the face of disaster. Join the President on his final, perilous plunge into the unknown. Your own adventure awaits.